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ROBERT WESLEY WATTS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 15, 1938 – November 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Wesley Watts, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 67
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- FRANK LEROY TAFOYASpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
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.