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SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1945 – May 4, 1967
Service recordScott Simons McCloskey, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 39
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
- May 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 39
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- MARSHALL KENNETH MORRISPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES HARRINGTONSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
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.