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SCOTT LEE BIRKET
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 22, 1950 – September 30, 1972
Service recordScott Lee Birket, of La Mirada, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 30, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 76
- WILLIAM CLARE COLTMANColonel · September 29, 1972
- HERMAN CAROL ACKERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- JACK STEPHEN BERGMAN JRSeaman · October 1, 1972
- WILLIAM CLARK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 1, 1972
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 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.