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EDWARD DRAKE SCOTT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1948 – June 12, 1968
Service recordEdward Drake Scott, of Media, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 4
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Media, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 4
- ALAN DAVID LYLEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAM SCOTT IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1968
- DONALD GRAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- TERRY HUGH SMITHSergeant · June 12, 1968
From Media
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · October 18, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1969
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.