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ARTHUR WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – August 19, 1968
Service recordArthur Watson, of Smithfield, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Smithfield, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 5
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · August 19, 1968
- VICTOR DAVID TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT VEARAFirst Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- JONAS BENFORDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 52
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 57
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 2
- RICHARD RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 3
- FREDERICK VERNON SEABORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- RENE SERRANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- LEONARD EARL SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- JOHN VINCENT VEARAFirst Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 5
From Smithfield
- JIMMY EARL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · February 27, 1968
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
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.