Frank Anthony Webster was born in May 1948 in Inglewood, California, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Webster, and lived in the South Bay all his life. He graduated from North High School in Torrance in 1966, and on November 1, 1969 married Alberta Apodaca, a fellow North High alum. They lived on West 227th Street in Torrance.  

Webster volunteered and enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 17, 1969. He underwent basic training at Fort Ord, California, a leading training base and deployment staging ground during the Vietnam War. Specialist Four Webster was then sent to Vietnam and began his tour of duty on November 16, 1969, serving as an infantryman with E Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11 Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.

On July 2, 1970, SP4 Webster was killed in action while on a combat operation by a compound booby trap after disembarking from an Eagle Flight (a group of helicopters carrying infantry troops into a combat zone) 3 KM NW of Mo Duc Airfield in the Quang Ngai province of Vietnam.  

SP4 Frank Webster was a Silver Star Medal recipient who was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. He was survived by his wife Alberta, his parents, a sister and three brothers. Military graveside services were conducted by an Army chaplain on July 11, 1970 at the Manchester Chapel, Inglewood Park Cemetery where he is interred.