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JAMES EDWARD WATSON
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
April 22, 1934 – February 25, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Watson, of Porterville, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 92
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 219 AVN CO 223 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1934
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 92
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WADEStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICKSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
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.