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ERNEST WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1944 – February 15, 1966
Service recordErnest Watson, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 40
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD CRABBEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1966
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1966
- ROSS JAMES PATERSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 38
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 39
From Benton Harbor
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 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.