Sergeant Watt was killed when he triggered a booby trap and incurred multiple fragment wounds.

He was first buried at Ulu Pandan, Singapore, later exhumed and cremated and his ashes returned to New Zealand. His Memorial Flag was presented to his widow.

Sergeant Watt's widow, Mrs Gael Keighley of New Plymouth, received the New Zealand Operational Service Medal on his behalf from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence at a presentation at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Thursday 27 November 2003.

Died of wounds, 1 March 1970 after receiving treatment at 173rd Airborne Brigade, Company B medical center at LZ English in Binh Dinh Province. As a result of a command detonated booby trap near a rebuilt Roman Catholic Cathedral in Tam Quan. DPO Dennis Manson was wounded in the same incident. Sgt Gordon Watt was the RNZAF's only fatal casualty of the Vietnam War. He remains the only air force member killed as a result of enemy action since 1945. Originally buried in Singapore, Sgt Watt's body was exhumed from Ulu Pandan Cemetery, cremated, and his ashes returned to New Zealand. He ashes were then reburied in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth on 1 May 1976. AWMM