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WILLIAM SCOTT SLOCUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – November 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam Scott Slocum, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 99
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- JAMES SAMUELSSergeant · November 27, 1967
- HECTOR LOUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- BILLIE E SANDEFURFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 95
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 95
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 97
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- HECTOR LOUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 99
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.