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DONNIE EDWARD WATSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordDonnie Edward Watson, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 2
- BOBBY LEE SPENCERAirman · September 23, 1968
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WHITEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KARL ROY BIESERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 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.