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GRADY SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1945 – February 19, 1968
Service recordGrady Scott, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 30
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE SEATONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT SEIBERTSergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 20
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 24
- ROBERT WAYNE SEATONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.