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JIMMY LEE WATSON
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – March 13, 1968
Service recordJimmy Lee Watson, of Lucama, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 42
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Lucama, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 42
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- BOBBY DAN TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- TERRY EMERSON WEBBCorporal · March 13, 1968
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GUBBINSSergeant First Class · Panel 44E, Line 36
- LARRY JAY MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 38
- RAUL PENA-CLASSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 40
- BOBBY DAN TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Lucama
- CECIL DWIGHT LAMMCorporal · November 26, 1967
- JAMES EARL HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
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.