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HARVEY RAYMOND WATSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1949 – July 26, 1969
Service recordHarvey Raymond Watson, of Hebron, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Hebron, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 52
- DONALD EDWARD FLETCHERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH RUNSERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- MICHAEL OLIVER THOMASSergeant · July 26, 1969
- GARY LYNN TINKERSergeant · July 26, 1969
From Hebron
- NORMAN JAMES PEARSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
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.