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JOHN GLENN SCUCCHI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – November 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Glenn Scucchi, of Lake Village, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 24
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Village, Arkansas (Chicot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 24
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DAVID JOSEPH ULMERStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
From Lake Village
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER SMITHLance Corporal · April 26, 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.