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ELMER WAYNE SCARBOROUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1945 – July 4, 1966
Service recordElmer Wayne Scarborough, of Romulus, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Romulus, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 130
- GUILLERMO TRUJIL BONILLASPetty Officer First Class · July 4, 1966
- RAYMOND CARSON GRIFFITHSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 132
From Romulus
- MARION FRANKLIN FERGUSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH PAUL EHNISSergeant · February 19, 1968
- EUGENIO ERASMO FERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE POETLance Corporal · 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.