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VINCENT CALVIN SCOTT JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1943 – April 22, 1969
Service recordVincent Calvin Scott JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1969, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 27
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 480 TFS
- Born
- December 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 27
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.