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JAMES BERNARD SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordJames Bernard Scott, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 66
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- STEVEN GLEN SHIRKSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- RANDALL PATRICK LESSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · Panel 43W, Line 65
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.