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JAMES HOWARD SCOTT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – February 5, 1967
Service recordJames Howard Scott, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 125
- DAVID EDGAR PRICE JRPrivate · February 5, 1967
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN ANGERMILLERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD DOIL BEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 121
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 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.