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GREGORY ALTON WATSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 13, 1946 – November 3, 1967
Service recordGregory Alton Watson, of Teaneck, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 3, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Teaneck, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 18
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNARSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
From Teaneck
- JAMES R TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEYFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 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.