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EDWARD EARL SCOTT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1952 – February 22, 1971
Service recordEdward Earl Scott JR, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 12, 1952
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 131
- RONALD GAY CURTISSergeant · February 22, 1971
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
- RICHARD LEE SARVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.