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SCOTTY GENE AUSTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1950 – September 18, 1969
Service recordScotty Gene Austin, of Grand Haven, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 108
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Grand Haven, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 108
- THOMAS EVERETT YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- WALLACE SPERGON CARTERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- CURTIS ROY CLINEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 108
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 111
From Grand Haven
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- MARK ALAN VANBEUKERINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 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.