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THOMAS JAMES WATTS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – April 23, 1969
Service recordThomas James Watts, of Anaheim, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 37
- WILLARD HAROLD TILL JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WITTS JRSergeant · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILLIP WOFFORDSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JAMES AUTHOR WORTHINGTONSergeant · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JULIAN WINSLOW BERGSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 30
- ALLAN DOUGLAS EYLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 31
- ROGER DALE CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 33
- STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 34
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.