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DENNIS ALLEN WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – December 1, 1969
Service recordDennis Allen Watson, of Turbotville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Turbotville, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 15
- JOHN SILVY ASHSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- TRINO BALTAZAR BENAVIDEZCorporal · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 2, 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.