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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000933136-03-000145.txt : 20031216
<SEC-HEADER>0000933136-03-000145.hdr.sgml : 20031216
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031216151525
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000933136-03-000145
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031028
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031216

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000933136
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				911653725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1201 THIRD AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 1500
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2064612000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1201 THIRD AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LONGBRAKE WILLIAM A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057032

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14667
		FILM NUMBER:		031057289

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC
		STREET 2:		1201 THIRD AVE, WMT 1503
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2064615822

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC
		STREET 2:		1201 THIRD AVE , WMT 1503
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98111
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        <issuerName>WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>("WM")</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LONGBRAKE WILLIAM A</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1201 THIRD AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SEATTLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98101</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
			<officerTitle>VC Enterprise Risk Mgmt</officerTitle>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
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			<securityTitle>
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			<transactionDate>
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			<transactionAmounts>
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				<transactionPricePerShare>
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			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
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				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
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				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeTransaction>
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			<securityTitle>
				<value>Common</value>
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			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>I</value>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value>By Spouse</value>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeHolding>
	</nonDerivativeTable>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">The amount of securities beneficially owned includes first, second, third and fourth quarter 2003 dividends as well as a second quarter purchase in the Washington Mutual, Inc. (WM) Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">In the future, the reporting person will no longer reflect the number of shares held by the family charitable foundation as the shares are held independently by a family foundation that is a 501(c)(3) charitable trust.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<remarks>The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 15,519 shares of WM common stock owned by his daughter nor in 2,277 shares held in trust for his daughter and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports.
	</remarks>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>/s/ Longbrake, William A.</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-15</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
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