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HERBERT WILLIAM SCOTT III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – June 12, 1968
Service recordHerbert William Scott III, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 4
- ALAN DAVID LYLEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- EDWARD DRAKE SCOTTLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- DONALD GRAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- TERRY HUGH SMITHSergeant · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS ODONNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 2
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.