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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Scott Dennis Corrello.

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SCOTT DENNIS CORRELLO

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 1, 1947 – June 8, 1968

Service record

Scott Dennis Corrello, of Oregon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 58W · Line 2

Position of Panel 58W 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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Seaman (61A)
Unit (as recorded)
41 ENG CO 92 ENG BN 20 ENG BDE
Born
April 1, 1947
Home of record
Oregon, Ohio (Lucas County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 8, 1968
Age
21
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 58W, Line 2

From Oregon

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.