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BRUCE HASSELL SCRAGG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordBruce Hassell Scragg, of Marmet, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Marmet, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 129
- JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- BARRY JAN SHORTPlatoon Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- GENE DARRELL SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
From Marmet
- LARRY FRANCIS LUCASCaptain · December 20, 1966
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.