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RUSSELL DAVID WATTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordRussell David Watts, of Cottage Hills, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Cottage Hills, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 92
- ROBERT EUGENE RAGLANDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- ALAN ROSSCorporal · May 24, 1970
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 89
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 91
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 92
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 93
From Cottage Hills
- RICHARD FINISA MOODYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · August 14, 1969
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.