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BILLY FRANK WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – August 21, 1967
Service recordBilly Frank Watson, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 26
- WILLIAM D SOULEStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1967
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · August 21, 1967
- J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · Panel 25E, Line 26
- LARRY ROBERT WIEGERTCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 27
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.