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WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1931 – April 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam Hadley Scholes, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 127
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- DANIEL LOUIS PAUL SAUVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 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.