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SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordSamuel Eugene Watkins, of Tooele, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Tooele, Utah (Tooele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 34
- GORDON LEE TERRELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- AFTON M WATTSCaptain · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 42
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 3
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN W ECKELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 10
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · Panel 55E, Line 21
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 25
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 28
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 31
From Tooele
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- REY L DUFFINCaptain · November 17, 1967
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · July 11, 1969
- VICTOR ARNALDO TAFOYACorporal · June 7, 1970
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.