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SCOTT EDWARD WISE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – August 17, 1969
Service recordScott Edward Wise, of Glenwood, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Glenwood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 57
- DANIEL ROBERT TURNERSergeant · August 17, 1969
- JAYSON FRED ULRICHSergeant · August 17, 1969
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · August 17, 1969
- DOUGLAS WILMER WILKIESpecialist Five · August 17, 1969
From Glenwood
- PAUL ROY SEVERSONSpecialist Five · August 25, 1968
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.