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SCOTTY HENRY RHEA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1951 – April 25, 1970
Service recordScotty Henry Rhea, of Granite Falls, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- September 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Granite Falls, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 52
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCEWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 1970
- MASON ERWIN RAGLANDPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
From Granite Falls
- TERRY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 5, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE ANNASPrivate First Class · February 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.