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ARTHUR WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1945 – January 20, 1969
Service recordArthur Watson, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 46
- QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETTChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1969
- RICHARD KING ZIMMERMANMajor · January 20, 1969
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · January 21, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE ALLAN JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JIM KOZIKSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 42
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 45
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.