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SCOTT FRANCIS WEMETTE
Fireman · U.S. Navy
October 31, 1950 – July 21, 1970
Service recordScott Francis Wemette, of Malone, New York, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 21, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS ASKARI ARL 30
- Born
- October 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Malone, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 40
- LOYD HOWARD SANDERSSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- GARETH MACKENZIE SILVERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1970
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1970
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
From Malone
- JAMES HENRY RUSTPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MARLOWSergeant · September 17, 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.