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ALLEN DEAN SCOGGIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1942 – May 14, 1971
Service recordAllen Dean Scoggin, of Nucla, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Nucla, Colorado (Montrose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 35
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · May 14, 1971
- HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1971
- LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCESergeant · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY LANCE COOPERCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 34
- ROBERT BRUCE DEWINESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 34
- EDWARD FRANCIS HEASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 34
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 35
From Nucla
- GEORGE ARTHUR CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 4, 1966
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.