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WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1949 – August 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Manuel Scanlon, of Los Banos, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 95
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Banos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 95
- SAMMY PINA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1970
- JOL NEBANE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
- WILLIAM WAYMAN WALKERCaptain · August 8, 1970
From Los Banos
- JOHN ALEXANDER NORRIS IIISecond Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- VERNON DALE SANDVIGSergeant · March 28, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
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.