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JOHNNY FRED SCOTT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1950 – July 21, 1970
Service recordJohnny Fred Scott, of Americus, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 39
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Americus, Georgia (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 39
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · July 21, 1970
- RICHARD MAX PEARLSergeant · July 21, 1970
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
From Americus
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- GLENN RICHARD MCCUAIGLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- R B BRIDGES JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 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.