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JAMES LELAND SCROGGINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – February 23, 1973
Service recordJames Leland Scroggins, of Mulberry Grove, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1973, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Mulberry Grove, Illinois (Bond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1973
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1973; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 116
- ROBERT EDWARD BERNHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1973
- FRANK WOLGO PAULOSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1973
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
- JOSEPH GAMBINO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1973
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.