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ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1948 – December 27, 1971
Service recordAllen Gordon Scurlock, of Reston, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MARMEDHELRON 165
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Reston, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 40
- JOHN COOK HAYESPrivate First Class · October 16, 1971
- LARRY FLOYD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 16, 1971
- HARRY OWEN BOWLESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · October 17, 1971
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
From Reston
- FREDERICK WILLARD CROSSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
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.