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KENNETH MICHAEL WATSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordKenneth Michael Watson, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 49
- GRADY THACKERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN WESTPHALPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- PAUL LUCIUS WHITTHORNE JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.