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 Name: Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III
Age: 37
From: Danville, Va.
Assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
Incident: Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III was killed in action when the F-15E he was in went down during a combat mission in Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.
Died:
April
07, 2003
In his 37 years, William Watkins tried to experience as much of life as he could. As a boy growing up in rural South Boston, Va., Watkins dreamed of flying, said his uncle Jeff Haley. But Watkins also wanted to sail the ocean, perform on stage, sing in the choir and play football.
�He truly enjoyed life,� his uncle said.
Air Force Maj. William �Salty� Watkins III, a weapons officer on an F-15E Strike Eagle, died April 7 while flying a combat mission near Tikrit, Iraq. Watkins was one of two officers killed when the jet went down. The pilot, Capt. Eric Das of Amarillo, Texas, also died. His remains were identified last week.
The Pentagon has not said whether the jet was shot down or was lost under other circumstances. The cause is under...
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William R Watkins III
BY John on Apr 09, 2008 | |  | May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.
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