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ROBERT MILLER SCOTT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1944 – June 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Miller Scott, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 38
- CHARLES CARROLL SALESSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.