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KENNETH GARY WATSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1948 – July 7, 1968
Service recordKenneth Gary Watson, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 41
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
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 41
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · July 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.