The Wall › Panel 26W › Tennessee › William B Watson
WILLIAM B WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – April 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam B Watson, of Celina, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 5
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Celina, Tennessee (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 5
- GLEN DALE TOMEKFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- FRANK CURTIS WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 18, 1969
- REX WILLIAM ACKERMANPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 107
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
From Celina
- JAMES LARRY STRONGPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.