GREEN BERETS Watson, Ronald Leonard (Doc)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Watson ​

• FORENAME

Ronald Leonard (Doc) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (RT Intruder) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

462729563​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th February 1971 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court B) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from El Paso,Texas​

born 11.11.1944 Providence,Rhode Island​

son of Ronald and Katherine L. Watson,Bonita,California​

father (1915-73) served as Lt Colonel US Army in WW2 and Korea (Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal)​

single​

graduated Frankfurt American High School,Germany 1959​

graduated University of California,Berkeley (Ph.D.)​

entered service 1966​

awards Bronze Star,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

KIA when helicopter shot down during extraction A Shau Valley,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

UH-1H (68-15255) of 101st Aviation Bn​

body found but not recovered ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 05W Line 119​

Fort Bliss National Cemetery,El Paso,El Paso County,Texas (memorial stone)​

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