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RONALD R WATSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – January 4, 1968
Service recordRonald R Watson, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 43
- THEODORE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- PAUL HERMAN VILLAROSASergeant First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.