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KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – March 13, 1969
Service recordKenneth Lawrence Watson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 33
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESLIE VENDELINPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- CYRIL THOMAS YECKLEYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 31
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.