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SCOTT DOUGLAS KETCHIE
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1947 – April 9, 1972
Service recordScott Douglas Ketchie, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 9, 1972, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 134
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 224
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 9, 1972
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 134
- JAMES MICHAEL BARRYSergeant · April 9, 1972
- DANIEL KENT KUSHNERSergeant · April 9, 1972
- JERRY DEE LAWSSpecialist Four · April 9, 1972
- CALVIN CURTIS NASHPrivate First Class · April 9, 1972
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.