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ROY DELANO WATTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1938 – April 20, 1966
Service recordRoy Delano Watts, of Lanett, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Lanett, Alabama (Chambers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 125
- ROBERT CARLIES COTHRANPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- GROVER R TAYLORStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- ELLIS ERNEST AUSTINCommander · April 21, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GROVER R TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 125
From Lanett
- JERRY RUDOLPH MOONAirman Second Class · September 7, 1967
- THOMAS LARRY SENNPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
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.