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ALBERT JOSEPH SCRUGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – September 23, 1969
Service recordAlbert Joseph Scruggs, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 1
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- RICHARD ROY SEABRIDGESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1969
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.