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WILLIAM ROY WATT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Roy Watt, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 12
- WAYNE LEVOYER WARDCorporal · February 29, 1968
- HAROLD CHARLES WHITTAKERStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- EARL IRVIN ALTHOUSEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP F GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- MICHAEL EMMETT MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 7
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 8
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 8
- LARRY PRESTON TYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 11
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.