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ASTOR SCALES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1944 – June 21, 1968
Service recordAstor Scales JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 15
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- FRANCOIS ACHILLE PETERSONCorporal · June 21, 1968
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROBERT ESCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 12
- BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOODPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.