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SCOTT MITCHELL VERNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1943 – August 30, 1969
Service recordScott Mitchell Verner, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 12
- NICHOLAS JAMES RYMONDPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD SQUAIREPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · August 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN JEAN BUTTERFIELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 10
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 10
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 11
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 12
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.