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DONALD DAVID WATSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 13, 1939 – July 31, 1965
Service recordDonald David Watson, of Tripoli, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 31, 1965, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Tripoli, Wisconsin (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1965; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 46
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- VERNARD JAY SMALLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1965
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.