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PETER W SCOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1945 – December 25, 1967
Service recordPeter W Scott, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 25, 1967, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 59
- KENNETH FRANCIS OLENZUKLance Corporal · December 25, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE RICHARDSergeant · December 25, 1967
- FRANCIS EUGENE SANDERSPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 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.