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JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1947 – July 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Scofield, of San Anselmo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- San Anselmo, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 8
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROYBAL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
From San Anselmo
- GEORGE WILLIAM STORZSergeant · March 8, 1968
- GEORGE ALFRED CHED DILLONPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DOUCETPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 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.