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WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1942 – February 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Gravelle Scott JR, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ALLEN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALLFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROBERT SAWYERCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 24
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 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.