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SCOTTY RAY BROADSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1950 – June 5, 1970
Service recordScotty Ray Broadston, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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
- November 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Mohave County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL LYN CHASECorporal · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 13
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Lake Havasu City
- CAREY DEAN HARMONSpecialist Four · April 26, 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.