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KENNETH CHARLES SCRUTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1942 – January 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth Charles Scruton, of Mineola, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Mineola, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 53
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD EARL SHAWPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
From Mineola
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTOSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.