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EDWARD JOHN SCAHILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – November 21, 1966
Service recordEdward John Scahill, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 105
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 105
- JIMMY LINWOOD RHODESSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOSEPH SCICUTELLAPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE A ALKIRE JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 98
- GARY D BYFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
- LOUIS CASTILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 98
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- JOHN MICHAEL DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 100
- LLOYD EARL GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- JOHN LARIMORE GODFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- CHARLES LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- HARVEY JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- MARION EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- CARROLL HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- ARNOLD ROSS KRASNOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 102
- ROGER W LAWSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 102
- BOBBY WELDON LETBETTERSergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 102
- CHARLES KENNETH MALONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 103
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 103
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 103
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 103
- LARRY DUANE NAASZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 105
From Randolph
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.