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GEORGE WILLIAM WATSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 17, 1931 – December 18, 1963
Service recordGeorge William Watson, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1963
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 38
- JAMES HERBERT ALLREDMajor · December 14, 1963
- JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- TERRANCE LEE LOVENGUTHPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- LLOYD ADRIAN PAYNECaptain · December 15, 1963
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 1966
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.