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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Rickey Leroy Scott.

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RICKEY LEROY SCOTT

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 6, 1948 – July 8, 1970

Service record

Rickey Leroy Scott, of Columbia City, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 133

Position of Panel 9W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 6, 1948
Home of record
Columbia City, Indiana (Whitley County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 8, 1970
Age
21
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 133

Same unit, same day

From Columbia City

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.