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ALVIN JOSEPH SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1942 – November 13, 1970
Service recordAlvin Joseph Scott, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 26, 1942
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 57
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- MONROE ALAN POWERSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- JOHN GREGORY STRACHOTASpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.