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RICHARD JOE WATTS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1950 – October 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Joe Watts, of West Hollywood, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 115
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- West Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 115
- CHARLEY ANDREW WILBORNLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DALE GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- JOHN BERNARD MARTIN IILieutenant · October 6, 1970
From West Hollywood
- STEVEN EDWARD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MARINELLISpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · April 27, 1970
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 30, 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.