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RICHARD DALE WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – April 16, 1967
Service recordRichard Dale Watson, of Clarkston, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarkston, Washington (Asotin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 39 ENG BN 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 37
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- WILLIE CLIFTON WILLISSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 37
From Clarkston
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- DARRELL ASA JACKSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- JAN DEVOE MILLERAirman First Class · December 2, 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.