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JOHN MICHAEL SCULLY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – January 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Scully, of University Heights, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 46
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- University Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 46
- CHARLES STEVEN SICKLERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID GLENN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- JEFFREY DENNIS STRAFACECorporal · January 13, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WELLSPetty Officer Third Class · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 42
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.