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SCOTT HERBERT NEWPORT
Captain · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – May 20, 1971
Service recordScott Herbert Newport, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 42
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (39301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 42
- JAMES DANIEL AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
- ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1971
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 1971
- TERRANCE RICHARD SCHENESpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.