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CURTIS LEE WATSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1946 – May 14, 1966
Service recordCurtis Lee Watson JR, of Richmond Heights, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond Heights, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 60
- WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCESpecialist Four · May 14, 1966
- FRANK DELZELL RALSTON IIIMajor · May 14, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS SMALLWOODLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- DARYL KENNETH STANNARDSergeant First Class · May 14, 1966
From Richmond Heights
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- HEINRICH RUHLMANNSpecialist Four · 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.