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WILLIAM MATTHEW WEBB
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1950 – December 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Matthew Webb, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 26
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 26
- JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCESpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST VANBARRIGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR BARRY WEISSMANFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.