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WILLIAM JOSEPH SCANNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Scannell, of Forest Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Land Mine
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 20
- PETE WILLIAM SOBACKIPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- PAUL JOHN STEWARTLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- TERRY LEE STOUTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM WEARPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Forest Park
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · May 31, 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.