Marine Vietnam Vet 68/69 - 3/26 Marines
Remembering a Warrior from 3/26 Marines, Meade River.
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Jean Eddy Eddy
jneddy@cybermesa.com
Friend
645 Camino Rancheros Santa Fe NM 87505 USA
My name is Jean Carr Eddy. My first husband, Dick Baker, and I knew Brian at UNM and became close friends in Virginia and DC before Brian deployed to Vietnam. Brian was at 8th and I and Dick was at the Basic School in Quantico. In 1974 we had our first son and named him after Brian. My nephew knew this part of our family history, did some research and found this website. My son, Brian Baker, was so pleased to see a picture of the person he has heard so much about throughout his life. The only pictures he had seen were in the UNM yearbook. Brian's death was a huge loss for our generation!
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Silver Star Citation
Silver Star
Awarded posthumously for actions during the Vietnam War
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant Brian L. Webber (MCSN: 0-95696), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action as a Platoon Commander with Company I, Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines, FIRST Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam on 4 and 8 December 1968. On 4 December, during Operation Mead River, Company I was assigned the mission of seizing a bunker complex occupied by a large North Vietnamese Army force southwest of DaNang. As the Marines assaulted the enemy positions, Lieutenant Webber's platoon came under a heavy volume of automatic weapons fire and sustained numerous casualties. Rapidly assessing the situation, Lieutenant Webber deployed his men into defensive positions and boldly directed their fire while simultaneously employing supporting arms against the hostile emplacements. After directing the evacuation of the casualties, he fearlessly exposed himself to intense enemy fire as he aggressively led an assault against the hostile bunkers and successfully routed the North Vietnamese soldiers. During a similar operation on 8 December 1968, his unit came under a heavy volume of sniper fire from a well-concealed enemy force. Ignoring the hostile rounds impacting near him, Lieutenant Webber directed his platoon in suppressing the hostile fire and was fearlessly moving about the hazardous terrain assisting injured Marines when he was mortally wounded. By his courage, superior leadership and unfaltering devotion to duty, Lieutenant Webber contributed significantly to the accomplishment of his unit's mission and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Action Date: December 4 & 8, 1968
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: First Lieutenant
Company: Company I
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Regiment: 26th Marines
Division: 1st Marine Division (Rein.), FMF
Dec 8, 2010 |
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Ken Cheslack
3/26 Lang Co 68
I meet LT at the Lang Co train station. I was asigned to the 81's. He was the new LT in late Aug. and fit rigth in.
Dec 8th was a hard day for India,they lost alot of good Marines that day. They are forever young and in the hearts and minds of those who knew them.
Dec 8, 2009 |
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manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. "He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother”. Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless You for your Sacrifice!!!
Dec 8, 2007 |
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rendal nail
rendaln@yahoo.com
Fellow Marine
Well done Marine rest in peace
THE TIME you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s. A.E. Housman, "Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you.
I've called your name. You're mine.
Isaiah 43:1
Semper Fi
Dec 8, 2007 |
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Garnet Jenkins
Grand Junction Co.
~ In Remembrance ~
In Remembrance of this Young Marine, with a Multitude of Thanks for his Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well 1LT Brian Lee Webber and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of such a young hero, who made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam in 1967....."SOME PEOPLE SPEND AN ENTIRE LIFETIME WONDERING IF THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE, THE MARINES DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM"... President Ronald Reagan.....
Nov 1, 2007 |
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Bill Andrews
adaywithba@gmail.com
College Roommate
5580 La Jolla Blvd. #90 La Jolla CA 92037 USA
Thank You Brian
Brian and I were roommates at the University of New Mexico in 1962. We both received NROTC Scholarships in 1962 - We were both from San Diego, CA.
Brian made it thru the NROTC Program - I washed out. The biggest mistake I think I've ever made was not applying myself to stay in the program, as Brian did.
In my opinion, if one has to die young, there cannot be a more noble way to die than defending one's family or country.
Thank you Brian!
Bill Andrews
Aug 9, 2007 |
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Roger Hyde
prtyqwk@cox.net
He became HS Sports Editor after me
943 Maria Way Chula Vista Ca 91911 USA
I did not know Brian well at all. He replaced me as Sports Editor at Hilltop High School. I remember him as a nice, calm guy, and his death has always upset me for some reason. He may be the only person I knew who died in Viet Nam, and I have been to see his name on the traveling wall. So many lives cut so short... Rest in Peace, Brian. I think of you once in a while for no apparent reason, and it always makes me sad.
Sep 15, 2006 |
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J Michael Jones
sohei@newmex.com
my platoon cmdr - his platoon sgt.
PO Box 2474
Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557-2474 USA
I had the honor and pleasure of serving with Lt. Webber as his platoon sergeant in India Co. 3/26 before and during Operation Meade River in 1968. He was a fine officer and took good care of his men. I served under some of the Marine Corps' best officers of that time and he was among them. Semper Fi!
Saturday, March 26, 2005 |
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