Maj. Gen. David E. Watts

  Tombstone Inscription:

• David Edward Watts
• Maj Gen U.S. ARMY
• World War II
• Korea
• Vietnam
• June 14, 1928
• Feb 17, 2104
• DSM LM BSM PH

Quartermaster Hall of Fame:

Major General David E. Watts enlisted in the Army in 1946. He served in the 82d Airborne Division as a Pathfinder and demolitionist. Using the GI Bill, he graduated from the University of Connecticut and was commissioned second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).

His early assignments included combat duty in the Korean War as a platoon leader with the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division; a stateside tour with the 9th and 69th Infantry Divisions and a European tour with the 10th Special Forces Group where he gained experience with British, French and Greek Special Operations units. Following service with Third US Army Headquarters, he joined Okinawa-based 1st Special Forces Group, participating in operations in Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. In 1967 be returned to Vietnam to command the "Big Red One's" 1st Supply and Transport Battalion. He would later command the 1st Cavalry Division Support Command (Fort Hood, TX) and the 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Command (Germany). Between 1983 and 1986, he was assigned as the J-4/7 of the newly-formed US Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, FL, where he led logistical, construction and military assistance efforts for all US defense matters in Southwest Asia.

Major General Watts is a "logistics warrior" whose heroic service earned for him two Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, two Combat Infantry Badges, and both the US Army and Defense Distinguished Service Medals.

From Veterans Unleash Their Sentiments About Atomic Bomb January 08, 1995|By Joan Beck.

"One former infantryman who fought through Okinawa and was being readied for invasion of Japan said, "When word got around that the bombs had forced a Japanese surrender, we knelt in the sand-and cried. For all our manhood, we cried. We were going to live! We are going to grow up to adulthood after all." " --- David E. Watts, major general, USA (ret.), Summerville, S.C.

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• Residence: 1940 -  439 Washington, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Race: White
• Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 10 2014, 12:07:59 UTC
• Residence: 1930 -  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Race: White
• Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 10 2014, 12:08:53 UTC
• Residence: Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 10 2014, 12:11:31 UTC