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PAUL EDWARD WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1943 – May 16, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Watson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 20
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 20
- BRUCE EDWARD TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · May 16, 1968
- FRED THOMPSON URENSergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFOR VANALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFTON CUBBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 8
- EXCELL FICKLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 9
- HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 11
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · Panel 61E, Line 12
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 19
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 20
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.