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JAMES ANTHONY WATSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1942 – December 4, 1965
Service recordJames Anthony Watson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 125
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 125
- DOUGLAS VERNON ANDREPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- FREDERICK FRANK CADILLESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 123
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 124
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM JAMES STEWARTSpecialist 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.