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DAVID WARREN WATSON
Captain · U.S. Army
November 18, 1938 – April 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Warren Watson, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 51
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- RONALD BRYSON VANNFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- DELVIN KEITH WILSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- GARY ALLENPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 44
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 48
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 50
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 51
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.