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RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1949 – September 1, 1970
Service recordRussell Craig Scully, of Ottumwa, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Ottumwa, Iowa (Wapello County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 32
- DALE ALLEN PENNINGTONLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- LARRY SCHOONMAKERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEELEYSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAYMOND CONOVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 30
From Ottumwa
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- TERRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- PAUL DAVID EKARTPetty Officer Third Class · January 26, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS LINKSergeant · March 30, 1968
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 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.