Tyrone C. Watson

Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 32

National Memorial Panel / Row: /

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1942

Neighborhood: Kingsessing

High School: John Bartram High School

Street: Belmar Terrace

Branch of Service: Army

Rank: SSGT

Date of Casualty: 13-Sep-1970

Province of Casualty: Binh Dinh

Although his wife wished he wouldn�t keep going back she stood by Watson each time he volunteered to return to Vietnam. The 28- year-old staff sergeant already bad been wounded four times when he volunteered for his fifth combat tour in 1970. The fire team leader and intelligence specialist assigned to Company A of the 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry 173rd Infantry Brigade, died in combat onSept. 13, 1970. He was awarded the Silver Star. The 1957 Bartram High School graduate also was survived by a stepdaughter.