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LARRY ROBERT SCOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1943 – February 24, 1967
Service recordLarry Robert Scott, of Hawarden, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Hawarden, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 87
- PHILLIP RAY SHOOPMANLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LOCKE STRUNKPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- PAUL EDWIN VANHOOSECaptain · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MONKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 86
From Hawarden
- STEVEN WAYNE HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1971
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.