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DAVID L SCRUGGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1929 – July 31, 1967
Service recordDavid L Scruggs, of Laddonia, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Laddonia, Missouri (Audrain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 57
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- BOBBY DALE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
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.