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THOMAS LEE SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – November 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Lee Scott, of Anaheim, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 54
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 54
- DARREL EUGENE PRUETTPrivate · November 8, 1967
- GARY WALTER SCHMITTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ALFRED C SPRINGFIELD JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- LAURENCE CHRIST SUTTLEHANMajor · November 8, 1967
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.