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JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGS
Private · U.S. Army
May 17, 1951 – June 18, 1970
Service recordJames Arthur Scruggs, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 65
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 65
- CARL WILSON DRAKEMajor · June 18, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 1970
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL ALBERT CHAVEZChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 63
- ROY JAY HOLMGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 64
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.