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HENRY LINCOLN WATTS SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1932 – May 10, 1971
Service recordHenry Lincoln Watts SR, of Baconton, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Baconton, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 31
- MICKEY LOUIS WILSONSpecialist Five · May 10, 1971
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · May 11, 1971
- CHRIS B CORDOVASpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
From Baconton
- BENJAMIN WAYNE DUNCANPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.