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WILBERT MICHAEL WEBSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1945 – March 1, 1969
Service recordWilbert Michael Webster, of East Palo Alto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- East Palo Alto, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 8
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
From East Palo Alto
- WILSON NATHENIAL FLOWERSPetty Officer Second Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WYATT JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.