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RALPH O WATTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1944 – November 13, 1966
Service recordRalph O Watts, of Ayer, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Ayer, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 69
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- JUAN TORRESLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL TYNERSergeant · November 13, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 65
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 65
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 66
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 66
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 66
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIS HATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 67
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 68
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 70
From Ayer
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · November 12, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND DUFFY JRSergeant · December 31, 1965
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · July 8, 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.