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RICHARD WAYNE WATSON
Captain · U.S. Army
September 10, 1944 – June 3, 1969
Service recordRichard Wayne Watson, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 60
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 60
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1969
- CLEMENT VALENCIA JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- RANDALL RAY WHITESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 54
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
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.