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JAMES SCUITIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordJames Scuitier, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 72
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 72
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD RUGGLES IIISecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1968
- FRANK SARDINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SEVELLCaptain · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 68
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 69
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Summit
- MANUEL LOUIS FONTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
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.