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UWE-THORSTEN SCOBEL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 11, 1937 – March 25, 1964
Service recordUwe-Thorsten Scobel, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 25, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 47
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
- Born
- March 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1964
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 47
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- THOMAS LEE LEWISSergeant First Class · March 23, 1964
- EDWIN GERALD SHANK JRCaptain · March 24, 1964
From Hyattsville
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
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.