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ANTHONY RONALD WATKINS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1944 – January 8, 1968
Service recordAnthony Ronald Watkins, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 2
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 2
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE VAUGHTLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WATSONLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD MATTHEW BISSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 79
- MICHAEL PIERCE OLIVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 90
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.