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JAMES SAM SCARMEAS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – May 21, 1969
Service recordJames Sam Scarmeas JR, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 71
- JAMES IRA SANFORDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · May 21, 1969
- WILLIAM WALTER SMITHPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 67
- TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEKCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 70
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 71
- KENNETH DARRELL SPENCERSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 72
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
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.