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MICHAEL SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – July 19, 1969
Service recordMichael Scott, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 22
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 22
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD NULTON IISpecialist Five · July 19, 1969
- ALFONSO OLMOSSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
- DONALD KENNETH MINKSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 21
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.