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MICHAEL BERTRA SCOTELLARO
Private · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordMichael Bertra Scotellaro, of Clinton, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 2
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 2
- ALAN JOHN ROESESergeant · June 17, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
From Clinton
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · July 24, 1969
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.