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WILLIAM WINTON WEBB
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1942 – June 5, 1966
Service recordWilliam Winton Webb, of Salem, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 13
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Officer (9307)
- Born
- February 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Salem, Virginia (Salem (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 13
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- EPHRAIM VASQUEZStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · June 6, 1966
From Salem
- ROGER DALE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.