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GEORGE ANTHONY SCORSONE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – June 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge Anthony Scorsone, of Tumacacori, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Tumacacori, Arizona (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 25
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE BRENDAN RYANCaptain · June 30, 1968
- GERALD LEROY WALTERSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JRSergeant First Class · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 23
- TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFERPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 23
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.