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DAVID EUGENE WATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDavid Eugene Watkins, of Los Alamitos, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Alamitos, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAMES THURMONDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- HERBERT LEE VAUGHNSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS DUANE WEHRSLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · Panel 70W, Line 1
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 2
- NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLESSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 2
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 3
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 1
- JAMES LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- LARRY WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- LEWIS DEAN LAMKINSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 6
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 6
- RONALD CURTIS MCEUENSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 2
- MASON NIXON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 6
- LLOYD LOREN WILLARDSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 7
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 7
- WILLIAM DEAN WILSONCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 8
- ROBERT EDWARD ZESKEPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 8
From Los Alamitos
- JESSE JUNIOR TAYLORCommander · November 17, 1965
- DONALD MICHEAL GRALLAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- BARRY WILLIAM VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- LEA EVERETT NIBBELINKPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.