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MAHLON HUGH WATKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – May 8, 1969
Service recordMahlon Hugh Watkins, of Crooked Creek, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Crooked Creek, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 26
- ALLEN TYLERCorporal · May 8, 1969
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · May 8, 1969
- SAMMIE LEE WARRENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- ANTHONY ROBERT WERNERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
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.