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CHARLES BRYANT WATSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Bryant Watson JR, of Seneca, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Seneca, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 52
- DALE EUGENE WAYRYNENSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT WILKSPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOE PETE WOODEN JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 46
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 47
- ALTON SHEDDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 50
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 51
From Seneca
- MARVIN LOUIS DOOLEYSergeant · May 19, 1966
- CECIL FRANKLIN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · December 30, 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.