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DAVID JAMES WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – November 9, 1971
Service recordDavid James Watson, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 64
- EARL DUANE BARKLEYSergeant · November 9, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · November 9, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · November 10, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EARL DUANE BARKLEYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 64
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 64
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 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.