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NATHANIEL SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – November 28, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Scott, of Shipman, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · 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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Supply And Parts Specialist (76B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Shipman, Virginia (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 2
- DELVIN CARL MARTINSONCorporal · November 28, 1969
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
From Shipman
- DILLARD REED BURNLEYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
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.