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MICHAEL MONROE SCOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – April 5, 1971
Service recordMichael Monroe Scott, of Ashland, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Ashland, Nebraska (Saunders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 109
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELLSergeant First Class · April 5, 1971
- FRANK THOMAS BURTONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1971
- CLAUDE ROBERT GIBBONSSergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 107
From Ashland
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
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.