Robert E. Watson was born in Long Island City, New York, on January 5, 1889. He was a steamfitter by trade and enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I. He attained the rank of Sergeant and served in M Company, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division in France.
He came from Amityville, New York, the same village as fellow 77th Infantry Division comrade and Distinguished Service Cross recipient Alfred E. Griffiths. He (Watson) survived several close calls in battle and, at one point, had pack blown off him but escaped unharmed. Unfortunately, he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 12, 1918. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
He came from Amityville, New York, the same village as fellow 77th Infantry Division comrade and Distinguished Service Cross recipient Alfred E. Griffiths. He (Watson) survived several close calls in battle and, at one point, had pack blown off him but escaped unharmed. Unfortunately, he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 12, 1918. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Robert E. Watson was born in Long Island City, New York, on January 5, 1889. He was a steamfitter by trade and enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I. He attained the rank of Sergeant and served in M Company, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division in France.
He came from Amityville, New York, the same village as fellow 77th Infantry Division comrade and Distinguished Service Cross recipient Alfred E. Griffiths. He (Watson) survived several close calls in battle and, at one point, had pack blown off him but escaped unharmed. Unfortunately, he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 12, 1918. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
He came from Amityville, New York, the same village as fellow 77th Infantry Division comrade and Distinguished Service Cross recipient Alfred E. Griffiths. He (Watson) survived several close calls in battle and, at one point, had pack blown off him but escaped unharmed. Unfortunately, he was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 12, 1918. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
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