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RICHARD LEE SCOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1944 – January 12, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Scott, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Specialist (0211)
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 30
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARDSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
- RALPH LAMAR HAMPTONSergeant · January 13, 1970
- CLYDE PEYTON MEREDITHSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.