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BUSTER LEROY SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1950 – June 3, 1970
Service recordBuster Leroy Scott, of Pacoima, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airplane Technical Inspector (67F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 6
- RODERICK KENNETH TOLBERTSergeant · June 3, 1970
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- BILL GENE WILLIAMSSergeant · June 3, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 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.