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ROBERT LEE WATTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1940 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Watts, of Jacksonville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 46
- RICHARD D WILLIAMSCorporal · February 26, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL VINCENT WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGACorporal · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 38
- PHILLIP WARREN LUCASCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 40
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 40
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LINTON REEVESCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 43
- SHERWOOD REYNOLDSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES TARINPrivate · Panel 41E, Line 45
- TERRY LEE VINGESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
From Jacksonville
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- RONALD LEE BLACKSergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
- STEVEN RAY LOWEPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
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.