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ALBERT CLAY WATSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordAlbert Clay Watson JR, of Mauston, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 106
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Mauston, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 106
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- JOHN CLIFTON STEERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- SCOTT LOUIS THIRYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
From Mauston
- JAMES EDWARD LARSONSergeant · October 17, 1967
- JAMES G RILEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT NILESFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1969
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.