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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Willis William Weber.

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WILLIS WILLIAM WEBER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 1, 1937 – November 11, 1965

Service record

Willis William Weber, of Valley City, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3E · Line 40

Position of Panel 3E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
July 1, 1937
Home of record
Valley City, North Dakota (Barnes County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 11, 1965
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3E, Line 40

From Valley City

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.