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RICHARD ALLEN WATTS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1947 – December 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Watts, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 30
- RALPH LEE TAYLORLance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- ROGER LEE VENTERSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RICHARD F WATERFIELDCorporal · December 5, 1969
- JEFF LYNN WENGERSpecialist Five · December 5, 1969
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.