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THOMAS LASANDA SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1946 – March 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Lasanda Scott, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 37
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 37
- DANIEL JOHN ORLIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- LARRY RAY RIDDLEPetty Officer Third Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- STEPHEN PAUL BLANCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- OSCAR EDWARD CHAMBERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 34
- DEAN FRANKLIN FOXSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 35
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 36
- WAYNE EDWARD MEESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 36
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 37
- LOUIS FERNDEZ TORRESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 38
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.