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JOHN WALTER SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – July 14, 1966
Service recordJohn Walter Scott, of Mt Sterling, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Sterling, Illinois (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 21
- DONALD EUGENE WOOLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 14, 1966
- ORSON HOWARD CASECorporal · July 15, 1966
- NARCISO REZA CERNA JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- PAUL GEORGE HENDRIXStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
From Mt Sterling
- JAMES LOA BUSENPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 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.