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DANNY VINSON SCURFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – October 14, 1968
Service recordDanny Vinson Scurfield, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 63
- TERRY LYNN TIMMSSergeant · October 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY WILSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- SCOTT THOMAS WIMMERPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- OTTO WAYNE AUESergeant · October 15, 1968
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.