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LARRY ELLIOTT WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – November 29, 1969
Service recordLarry Elliott Watson, of Pageland, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Pageland, South Carolina (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 8
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE ROLESSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- CLYDE EUGENE THOMASSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HOWARD BOISEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 3
- CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 6
- MICHAEL ANDREW OKEEFE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 7
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 7
From Pageland
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · February 26, 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.