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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ira Edward Scott.

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IRA EDWARD SCOTT

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

July 2, 1939 – June 9, 1967

Service record

Ira Edward Scott, of North Bend, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 21E · Line 81

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
July 2, 1939
Home of record
North Bend, Nebraska (Dodge County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 9, 1967
Age
27
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From North Bend

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.