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LAWRENCE D WATKINS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – August 19, 1966
Service recordLawrence D Watkins JR, of Meadowview, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Meadowview, Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 20
- CHARLES LEE MAXIEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- CLIFFORD MCCALLPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- FRANK JOHN AUGUSTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COMPTONPrivate 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.