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AFTON M WATTS
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1937 – May 5, 1968
Service recordAfton M Watts, of Austin, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 34
- GORDON LEE TERRELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RENE GEORGES BAUMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 1
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 3
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · Panel 55E, Line 5
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.