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JOE NATHANIEL WATSON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordJoe Nathaniel Watson, of Oakland, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 13
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, Tennessee (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 13
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · February 14, 1970
- CLARENCE C YOUNGSergeant First Class · February 14, 1970
- JAMES STEPHEN BAIRDFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1970
- MICHAEL ALAN BOSOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
From Oakland
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1971
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.