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WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Benford Scott, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOSEPH GREGORY SANDSLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
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.