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LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 9, 1945 – November 25, 1970
Service recordLawrence Edward Scott, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 83
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · November 25, 1970
- MICHAEL NORMAN HUGHESSergeant · November 25, 1970
- FREDDIE LEWIS LOCKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · November 25, 1970
- LYLE DENNIS HAYESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 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.