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GARY EUGENE WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1944 – April 3, 1968
Service recordGary Eugene Watson, of Midland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 57
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 57
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- JAMES CALVEN THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS PETER VISKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 52
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 53
- CHARLES PATRICK SCARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 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.