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BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1947 – May 12, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Elmer Scolley, of Sheridan, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 55
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- ENNIS RALPH SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHULTZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN SIMMERMONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 51
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 51
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 52
- JAMES H GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 52
- VICENTE QUINTAN RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- ROBERT JOHN SIMMERMONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
From Sheridan
- GUY THOMAS JONESSergeant · March 8, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- SCOTT CLAYMON DELPHPetty Officer First Class · June 21, 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.