Donald Webber

Birthplace: Independence, KS

Branch of Service: Navy

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Jun 10, 1946

Highest Rank: Mechanic

Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation

Donald Webber was born January 28, 1927, at home near Independence, Kansas. He was the youngest of three with an older brother and sister. Webber had not intended to be in the service but wanted to help protect the United States from conflict. He enlisted in the Navy when he was a junior in high school.

He attended boot camp was in Memphis, Tennessee. He also had training in Norman, Oklahoma, where his brother was stationed and was an instructor. Webber ended up in Guam and other South Pacific Islands and worked as a mechanic. His job included many things, including patching holes in airplanes. Webber was in the service for eighteen months and returned to the United States.

He completed his high school education and had some college courses that helped him in the job market. Webber landed at Southwestern Bell, moving up to management before retiring after 34 years. He was married to Gloria for seventy-one years.

Webber’s brother Llyod “Gene” Webber served in the Navy as was stationed in Norman, Oklahoma, for most of his career. He also had twenty cousins that were in World War II, with one cousin fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.