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SCOTT EDWARD SAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – May 26, 1969
Service recordScott Edward Saylor, of King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 113
- ROBERT H SIGHOLTZ JRCaptain · May 26, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES TITMAS IIIPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RALPH HEMAN CROWLEYSergeant · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN EDWARD MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 111
- GARY KENT SMITHPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 116
From King Of Prussia
- JAMES ANTHONY QUINNCorporal · October 29, 1970
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.