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SULLIVAN WALL WATSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – April 20, 1969
Service recordSullivan Wall Watson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 16
- CARL MARTIN CREALChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 20, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM THORNLOWPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- ELISEO MORALES VILLALOBOSSergeant · April 20, 1969
- BOYED TIMOTHY ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 14
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 15
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.