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MARTIN LEE WATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – June 4, 1966
Service recordMartin Lee Watkins, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 9
- BENNY THOMAS STOWERSCaptain · May 19, 1966
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 6
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 7
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 8
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.