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MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordMichael Thomas Scroggin, of Mt Pulaski, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Pulaski, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 30
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- LEROY J BORST JRSergeant · February 15, 1967
From Mt Pulaski
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
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.