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LARRY SCOTT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordLarry Scott, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 3
- RICHARD BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- GILBERT RUIZPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS SARGENT JRLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SHERMANSergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILL ASHFORD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- JAMES ALFRED WALKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 6
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.