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JERRELL DAVID SCROGGS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 19, 1946 – July 15, 1970
Service recordJerrell David Scroggs, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 15, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 21
- CHRISTOPHER L SHAEFFERSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
- NELSON PAYNE TUTTLEFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1970
- FRED GERALD VANDIVERSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- JOSEPH DOUGLAS VAUGHNSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.