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LESLIE JAMES WATSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordLeslie James Watson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 2
- GEORGE BERNARD ROBINSONSergeant · April 13, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES SHURRSpecialist Six · April 13, 1970
- CARL LEON BRUTONPrivate First Class · April 14, 1970
- HENRY LEE BURTONSpecialist Five · April 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 129
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.