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RICHARD COLON WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – August 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Colon Watson, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 89
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN SHOOKSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER D BROWNESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 85
- ALLAN T YOUNGKRANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 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.