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WILMER WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1943 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilmer Watson, of Seaside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 18
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 18
- LAFFEY FRANKLIN STRAITPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- HARRY CORNELIUS VANDERKLOOTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JIMMY LEE WARDPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- SAM DIXON WARLICKSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 12
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.