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HAROLD DAVID WATKINS
Airman · U.S. Navy
July 16, 1945 – July 29, 1967
Service recordHarold David Watkins, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 46
- RICHARD HENRY TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- DELTON EUGENE TERRYAirman · July 29, 1967
- NORMAN ARNOLD THOMASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES LEE TOWNSENDHospitalman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · Panel 24E, Line 13
- GARY JAMES ARDENEAUXPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 13
- TONEY ANTHONY BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 14
- MARK RONALD BISHOPPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 15
- BOBBY JOE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 16
- JERRY DAN BYARSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- FRANCIS CAMPEAUPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- JACK MORRIS CARLANPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 17
- JAMES LEE CRENSHAWPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 18
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 18
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · Panel 24E, Line 19
- THOMAS JOE DAWSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- JEROLD VIRGIL DESPARDPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 19
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 20
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 20
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · Panel 24E, Line 21
- KENNETH DYKESeaman · Panel 24E, Line 21
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- JOHN THOMAS EDWARDSPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 21
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · Panel 24E, Line 22
- KENNETH LEE FASTHFireman · Panel 24E, Line 22
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · Panel 24E, Line 23
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.