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GARY JAMES SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordGary James Scott, of Gloversville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Gloversville, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 1
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1968
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY CHRISTOPHER SHAFERLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
From Gloversville
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- HAROLD RILEY SIMONDSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- MATTHEW JOHN BAURLELance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SRSergeant First Class · November 15, 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.