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RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1948 – December 23, 1970
Service recordRichard William Scoby, of Hoquiam, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hoquiam, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 3
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DALE EDWARD SHULTZSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- GARY WAYNE SMITHSergeant · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 1
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 2
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 2
From Hoquiam
- WILLIAM RAY DALRYMPLELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN DAVID WALKERCaptain · November 14, 1969
- ARCHIE NORMAN WADESpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1972
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.