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VERNON ELBERT SCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordVernon Elbert Scott, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 31
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOSEPH SCHMICH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW SEIBERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JASPER MARION ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 17
- EDWARD LEE GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- JACOB CLARK LAANSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
- WILLIAM OWEN WALTERSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 34
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.