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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Kenneth William Scully.

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KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLY

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

June 30, 1944 – May 26, 1970

Service record

Kenneth William Scully, of North Easton, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 105

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
June 30, 1944
Home of record
North Easton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 26, 1970
Age
25
Province
Dinh Tuong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 105

Same unit, same day

From North Easton

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.