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CHARLES HENRY WATKINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordCharles Henry Watkins JR, of Buffalo Junction, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo Junction, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 12 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 87
- WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JRStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- STANLEY HAROLD NEWMANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RODNEY WAYNE PAVAOPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 87
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.