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JOHN RAYMOND WATTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1950 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Raymond Watts, of Ensley, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 75
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Ensley, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 75
- ROBERT JAMES WAGNERPrivate · August 19, 1969
- JAMES RALPH WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MARK HEYWOOD WARDPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
From Ensley
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
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.