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ULMER JOE WATSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1939 – April 16, 1971
Service recordUlmer Joe Watson, of Lakeland, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 129
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Georgia (Lanier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 129
- CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNESPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
- JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLINSergeant · April 16, 1971
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
From Lakeland
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · November 10, 1971
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.