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ROBERT EUGENE SCOTT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Scott, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE RISHSpecialist Four · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD WALKER JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.