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DANNY RAY SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordDanny Ray Scott, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 51
- WAYNE HENRY FISCHERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · January 7, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- STEPHEN LYLE TRONERUDWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH VERASTIQUESpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 49
- JAMES KEITH MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 50
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 52
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.