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GARY BERNARD SCULL
Major · U.S. Army
September 26, 1940 – March 12, 1970
Service recordGary Bernard Scull, of Harlan, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 120
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Harlan, Iowa (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 12, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 120
- JOHN PATRICK PAPPINConstructionman Recruit · March 12, 1970
- BENITO ANDRADE PONCESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- GERALD DELMAR SHANORCorporal · March 12, 1970
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · March 12, 1970
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.