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JAMES THOMAS WATSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – March 28, 1970
Service recordJames Thomas Watson, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 54
- THOMAS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- BILL R ACKERMANCorporal · March 29, 1970
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- BARTOLO AMADOR BARELA JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · Panel 12W, Line 51
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 52
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.