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JOHN PAUL SCOGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1944 – February 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Scoggins, of Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 108
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 108
- ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAYSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- GEORGE ROWLAND JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- BERNARD JACOB SAUSE JRAirman · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SIMSHospitalman Apprentice · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SANTIAGO RODRIGU GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 105
- ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 108
From Hollywood
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.