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WILLIAM EUGENE WEBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – August 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Eugene Weber, of Dolliver, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Dolliver, Iowa (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 35
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · August 22, 1968
- BLAINE ALFRED WELCHLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN GALU WILLISPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP WADE HUNTCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 30
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 36
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.