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GREGORY H WATKINS
Private · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – April 9, 1968
Service recordGregory H Watkins, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 1
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- RONALD LEON FRAZIERLance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM GARBER JRCorporal · April 9, 1968
- CLAUDE HEWITT GREENPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHN BABYAK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 56
- GERALD STEVEN HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 2
- KENNETH ALLEN HARDINStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 2
- LARRY BARNEY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 2
- JACK RAYMOND REINKESpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 5
- PEDRO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.