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SCOTT KENTON PARDEE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – March 23, 1970
Service recordScott Kenton Pardee, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 36
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- HOWARD GILBERT BENFORDSenior Master Sergeant · December 19, 1969
- RAYMOND EARL OTTSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · March 23, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · March 23, 1970
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · Panel 12W, Line 35
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.