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AMOS CARLTON WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1939 – May 11, 1965
Service recordAmos Carlton Watson, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 114
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 114
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY WYNN JRLance Corporal · May 14, 1965
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 113
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 113
From Wilson
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
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.