Robert Lee Watts

Sergeant
E CO, 3RD BN, 60TH INF RGT, 9 INF DIV
Army Of The United States
16 June 1940 - 26 February 1968
Jacksonville, IL
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9 INF DIV

60TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Robert Lee Watts

Bobby Watts won the Illinois High School Association Long Jump Championship in 1958 and was 2nd in 1959. I was 5 years old at the time and I remember my brother, who was in Bobby's class ('59) taking me to some of the meets. When I was old enough to attend Jacksonville High school I recall passing by a large photo of Bobby and his coach taken on the day Bobby won his championship. I also remember passing by this photo a few days after Bobby died in Vietnam. Until then the war had been something that was happening somewhere else to someone else. Bobby's death brought home to all of us the horrible price that must sometimes be paid in the defense of freedom. I am proud that Bobby was a Crimson. I am proud of his service to his country. I will never forget.

Darryl Eugene Fox



A memorial from a friend,
Darryl E. Fox
darrylfox2000@hotmail.com 
14 Nov 2001



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)