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KENNETH DOYLE SCAIFE
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
August 6, 1953 – January 3, 1973
Service recordKenneth Doyle Scaife, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 3, 1973, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS WILLIAM C LAWE DD 763
- Born
- August 6, 1953
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1973
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 108
- JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELDSpecialist Four · December 28, 1972
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
- STEVEN BRYCE JOHNSTONCaptain · January 4, 1973
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.