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THOMAS ALLEN SCARBORO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – April 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Allen Scarboro, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 108
- ARTANZIE NETHERLYPrivate · April 8, 1970
- LEONARD ARTHUR NITZSCHEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- LYNN ARTHUR OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL LEE PELLSergeant · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD TORRES CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 106
- ROB GEORGE MCSORLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 107
- LYNN ARTHUR OSBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 108
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.