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JERRY NIXON SCOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 17, 1939 – November 24, 1968
Service recordJerry Nixon Scott, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 53
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 53
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL FLOYD WESTSergeant · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 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.