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DAVID ALLEN SCRITCHFIELD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – September 11, 1967
Service recordDavid Allen Scritchfield, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 57
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- DALLAS RATLIFFSergeant · September 11, 1967
- GLENN REVELLELance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- TALMADGE WAYNE CARNELLPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.