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JAMES FRANKLIN WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1932 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJames Franklin Watson, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 25
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · August 25, 1968
- JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOKCaptain · August 25, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ROBERT PEARCESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 19
- KEITH WILLIAM ROWELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.