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PERCY EARL WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1947 – May 10, 1967
Service recordPercy Earl Watson, of Selma, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Selma, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 89
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ROY LEE BRANHAMPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- RONALD LEE CHISHOLMLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
From Selma
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · July 11, 1968
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
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.