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JOEL KEITH WATKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJoel Keith Watkins, of Troy, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 74
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, Alabama (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 74
- JIMMIE RAY TICESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- FREDDIE USHERLance Corporal · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN WALLICKSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICKEY JACKSON WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
From Troy
- THOMAS JOHN D CAMPBELLLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- BOBBY GENE HUGGINSMajor · June 4, 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.