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ENNIS RALPH SCARBROUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – May 12, 1966
Service recordEnnis Ralph Scarbrough, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 55
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHULTZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN SIMMERMONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 51
- RONALD FRED RICESergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 56
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.