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RICHARD LEE SCADUTO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Scaduto, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 65
- GEORGE EUGENE CAHILLStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STANTON JAMES SETKALance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- ROMAN SISNEROSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SHAREL EDWARD BALESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 61
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 62
- PETER STEVEN MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 64
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · Panel 25E, Line 64
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 66
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 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.