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JAMES ARTHUR WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordJames Arthur Watson, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 61
- JEROME PAUL WEBERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30E, Line 60
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
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.