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David Kenyon Webster (2 June 1922 – disappeared 9 September 1961, presumed dead) was an American soldier, journalist, and author. During World War II he was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. Webster was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Eion Bailey.
A Brief Biography of David Kenyon Webster, Author of Parachute Infantry. Born June 2, 1922 in New York, New York; 1937-1940, Attended the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut; 1940-1942, Attended Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1942-1945, Rifleman, 101st Airborne Division
David Kenyon Webster was a member of E Company, 506th Regiment of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was an aspiring writer who left Harvard to enlist in the paratroops.
Jun 14, 2023 · Webster was presumed dead and his body was never found. As per reports, Barbara told the press that her husband did not use a life preserver when he went fishing. At the time, Webster was a technical writer who worked for System Development Corp.
Mar 1, 2008 · David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war.
Apr 1, 1994 · David Kenyon Webster is a private who doesn’t like war or the army that much, and he isn’t afraid to say so. He wasn’t with Easy Company at every major battle, so his heroic stories are few. Instead, he explains what World War II was often like, through the mundanities of everyday survival.
A Harvard student before his induction, Webster signed on with the parachute infantry, a posting that earned him the privilege of dropping behind German lines early on D-Day, long hours before Allied forces launched their coastal assault on France's Normandy Peninsula.
David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just...
David Kenyon Webster Average rating: 4.12 · 3,004 ratings · 163 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by
David Kenyon Webster (June 2, 1922 - September 9 1961) was an American soldier, journalist and author. During World War II he fought with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne, featured in the book and TV series Band of Brothers.
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