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COLUMBUS WATSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1951 – March 17, 1972
Service recordColumbus Watson JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 117
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- THURMAN WOODY JRSergeant · March 17, 1972
- SAMMY LANE WEAVERSergeant · March 19, 1972
- JOHN RAYMOND WALKERSpecialist Six · March 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 115
- DONEL JOE DOBBSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 115
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 116
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 116
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 117
- THURMAN WOODY JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 117
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
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.