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WILLIAM PAUL WEBER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – July 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Paul Weber, of Denville, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Denville, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 41
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- KENNETH GARY WATSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · July 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DUANE BENNETTCorporal · Panel 53W, Line 32
- PAUL KINARD JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 36
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 39
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 41
From Denville
- CHARLES ALBERT PHILHOWERFireman Apprentice · December 6, 1965
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · October 15, 1967
- JEFFREY JOSEPH BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1967
- SWANTE AUGUST SWENSONFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 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.