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RUSSEL LEE WATSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1942 – February 6, 1967
Service recordRussel Lee Watson, of Post Falls, Idaho, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Post Falls, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 3
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- HARVEY BREWINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 126
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 131
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 131
- RICHARD DEWITT B SHEPHERDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 1
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- VICTOR GENE SPRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Post Falls
- HOWARD LEMUEL JONES JRLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- STEVEN HAROLD NIPPCorporal · February 8, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKYCaptain · August 5, 1971
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.