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JAMES LEE SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – September 26, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Scott, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 17
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 17
- HENRY PATRICK JACKOWIAKCorporal · September 26, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- HAROLD REYESPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LEE GRETENCORDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 15
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.