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JACK WADE SCARBOROUGH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordJack Wade Scarborough JR, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 43
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PEARSONFireman · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAUPrivate · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 41
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.