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TONY EUGENE SCOGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – September 14, 1969
Service recordTony Eugene Scoggins, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 86
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 86
- RICHARD J ROUGHGARDENFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1969
- JAMES ELVIN SCOTTLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK SHANNON JRSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGELSergeant · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- WALTER EARL HEYER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 82
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 84
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 84
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 85
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 85
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
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.