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HAROLD EUGENE WATKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1944 – November 12, 1965
Service recordHarold Eugene Watkins, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 47
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARNEST G SEARSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Five · November 12, 1965
- JAMES BELL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 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.