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MARION WATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – November 19, 1966
Service recordMarion Watkins, of War Creek, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 92
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- War Creek, Kentucky (Breathitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 92
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MERL L CRIPEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 87
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 91
From War Creek
- JAMES PRICE SPENCERCorporal · January 24, 1967
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.