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JOHN MELVILLE SCOTT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1944 – September 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Melville Scott JR, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 82
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- ALEXANDER LORENZO BARNEYPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DANNY JOSEPH DOLINPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.