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JAMES OSMOND WATSON
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1926 – January 1, 1970
Service recordJames Osmond Watson, of Bonsall, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Radar Maintenance Officer (5910)
- Born
- December 21, 1926
- Home of record
- Bonsall, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 116
- DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINKSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TODDSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROBERT GLENN WARRENSergeant · January 1, 1970
- DUANE GREGORY WILLIAMSPrivate · January 1, 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.