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SCHYLER WATTS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1945 – December 2, 1971
Service recordSchyler Watts, of Vicco, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 83
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Vicco, Kentucky (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 83
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN JRSergeant · December 2, 1971
- RICHARD ALBERT GREENFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1971
- CHARLES PIERCE RUSSELLCaptain · December 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 83
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.