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TRAVIS HENRY SCOTT JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 29, 1943 – April 15, 1970
Service recordTravis Henry Scott JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 15, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 9
- JIMMY HARRISON MCCLUNGSpecialist Five · April 15, 1970
- DENNIS WADE NEALStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1970
- JOSE LUIS RIVASCorporal · April 15, 1970
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.