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WILLIAM E WATTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – July 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam E Watts, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 19
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- CECIL SCOTT MURRAYLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- GEORGE WILLARD PATTERSONLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD HENRY SCHECKStaff Sergeant · Panel 52W, Line 20
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.