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RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – May 18, 1966
Service recordRandolph Clinton Scott, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 83
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ANTONIO PARADA-BARRERAPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- ALBERT RICHARD WILSONFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 79
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 81
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 82
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 83
- FRANK TIMOTHY SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 84
- ASTER WATTSSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · May 24, 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.