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BILLY JOE WATSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1932 – June 21, 1971
Service recordBilly Joe Watson, of Okemah, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Okemah, Oklahoma (Okfuskee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 84
- ELBERT MARCANTELSergeant First Class · June 20, 1971
- MARLIN MCCLELLAND MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1971
- JOHNNY SOTOCorporal · June 20, 1971
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ YBARRASpecialist Four · June 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 85
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 85
From Okemah
- JAMES ELDON ROSEStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.