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LARRY EUGENE SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordLarry Eugene Scott, of Atchison, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Atchison, Kansas (Atchison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 7
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · June 9, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER RAY REEDCorporal · June 9, 1969
- JESSE LEE RIDGEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From Atchison
- RICHARD W THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 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.