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LEROY HARRY SCOTT
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – June 16, 1969
Service recordLeroy Harry Scott, of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 60
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ebensburg, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 60
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH SMITHLieutenant Colonel · June 16, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- RUDOLPH MICHAEL STEFANICPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 56
- PHILLIP ALLEN PAGECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 59
From Ebensburg
- PETER MICHAEL COLEMANPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT HARRY FENNELLCaptain · March 31, 1970
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 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.