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JAMES CHARLES WATSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – December 25, 1971
Service recordJames Charles Watson, of Mcminnville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 91
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Tennessee (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 91
- RONALD JOHN COLEMANTechnical Sergeant · December 24, 1971
- WILLIAM ROBERT FINNCaptain · December 24, 1971
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL TUCKERCaptain · December 24, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD FURSTENWERTHSpecialist Five · December 26, 1971
From Mcminnville
- JOE LYNN DELONGStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
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.