Joseph Pearce Watson (1961-1987) - Find a Grave Memorial

Joseph Pearce Watson Veteran

Birth

25 Nov 1961

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Death

17 May 1987 (aged 25)

At Sea

Burial

Roseland Park Cemetery

Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 55, Lot 115, Grave 8

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Killed on board the USS Stark. Home of Record: Ferndale, Oakland Co, MI.

A 1979 graduate of Ferndale High School, Watson studied engineering for two years at Michigan State University. He dropped out and joined the Navy in 1983. His enlistment would have been up April 8, 1989. When the Stark visited Detroit in June 1985 as part of the annual Detroit-Windsor, Ontario, Freedom Festival, Watson and Kristin Valentine were married.

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