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SCOTTIE SHELVEN MASSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – January 1, 1970
Service recordScottie Shelven Massey, of Randleman, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 115
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Randleman, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 115
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- WILLIAM CARL REDDICKSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- JOHN MICHEAL REILLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
- JIMMIE DALE STILLSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 116
From Randleman
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · March 12, 1970
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.