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DELMIS CLAYTON WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – September 2, 1969
Service recordDelmis Clayton Watson, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 26
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · September 3, 1969
- ANDRE GEORGE BROUMASLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE COLLINSSpecialist Five · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 24
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 25
From Covington
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.