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KENNETH LEROY SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1945 – September 9, 1966
Service recordKenneth Leroy Scott, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 81
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- LEROY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 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.