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DONALD EUGENE SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordDonald Eugene Scott, of Spencer, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Spencer, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 5
- KENNETH DAVID COSTANZAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- THOMAS FREDERICK LAWLERSergeant · September 24, 1969
- JOHN WILBUR SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- BOBBY DALE SCHEUERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
From Spencer
- STEVEN HAROLD ADAMSMaster Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ARDEN LEE KRUKOWPetty Officer Second Class · January 22, 1969
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.