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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Scott.

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WILLIAM SCOTT

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

June 18, 1949 – November 12, 1969

Service record

William Scott, of Library, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 67

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 LOGISTIC CMD
Born
June 18, 1949
Home of record
Library, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 12, 1969
Age
20
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 67

From Library

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.