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THOMAS ARTHUR WATSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Watson, of Chickamauga, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Chickamauga, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 33
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- GARY LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JOSEPH CARL WILTSIEHospitalman · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 28
- STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 32
- JAMES JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
From Chickamauga
- WILLIAM LEE TERRELLCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH WILEYPrivate · January 21, 1969
- BILLY RAY HEADSergeant First Class · May 19, 1969
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.