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SCOTT LOUIS THIRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordScott Louis Thiry, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 106
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- JOHN CLIFTON STEERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 102
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 104
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.