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DON RUSSELL SCOTT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 14, 1947 – April 22, 1970
Service recordDon Russell Scott, of Green Cove Springs, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Cove Springs, Florida (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 38
- JAMES MICHAEL MCDONOUGHLance Corporal · April 22, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- THOMAS MILLSAP IIISpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- CHARLES STODDARD ROWLEYColonel · April 22, 1970
From Green Cove Springs
- HERMAN LEROY GURRSpecialist Six · January 15, 1967
- OTIS PARKERSergeant First Class · July 18, 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.