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RONALD SCOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – June 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Scott, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 10
- ALAN EARL SANDERSSergeant · June 24, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN SLATERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- WOODROW N TRISSELL JRSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERY WATERLOOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
From Suffolk
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.