William Matthew Webb

Private First Class
B CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
05 February 1950 - 02 December 1968
Odessa, TX
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1ST MARDIV

5TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Matthew Webb

15 Mar 2004

William was from Odessa, Texas, an oilfied city in West Texas near New Mexico. He volunteered for the draft and was inducted into the Marine Corps and was in his second week in Vietnam when he was shot to death two months shy of his 19th birthday. He is remembered on the Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial at Midland, Texas and also by the Ector County Vietnam Memorial. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.

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Bravo 1/9 Marines lost nine men in heavy fighting in Quang Nam Province on 02 Dec 1968:
  • Cpl David O. Timson, East St Louis, IL
  • LCpl Walter D. Freeman, Gladstone, OR
  • LCpl Terry L. Savoth, Metuchen, NJ
  • LCpl Raymond W. Tymeson, Troy, NY
  • Pfc Douglas M. Allen, Washington, DC
  • Pfc George H. Belanger, Andover, MA
  • Pfc Donald P. Kremer, Aurora, IA
  • Pfc Larry A. Steiner, Baltimore, MD
  • Pfc William M. Webb, Odessa, TX




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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