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TYRONE CALVIN WATSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1942 – September 13, 1970
Service recordTyrone Calvin Watson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 63
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 63
- NICOLAS WHEELERCorporal · September 13, 1970
- PERCY EUGENE BLY JRSergeant · September 14, 1970
- ROBERT FREDAPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- KENNARD KING KANOSHSpecialist Five · September 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURVIN CLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS WAYNE GENTRYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 61
- JAMES TAYLOR WALDRONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.