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KENNETH DAVID SCOTT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordKenneth David Scott, of Bear Creek, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 68
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Bear Creek, North Carolina (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Phong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40E, Line 68
- ALBERT KAPLANPrivate · February 22, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS RILEYCaptain · February 22, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH SCHULTZSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT B SELBYSergeant · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERANCE M BOZARTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 58
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
From Bear Creek
- DAVID LEE WOMBLECorporal · June 7, 1970
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.