Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 54E – Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 31-Oct-1948
Hometown: Morgantown, West Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 10-Feb-1966
Start of tour: 21-May-1968
Incident date: 23-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 23-Jul-1968
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Jack Wade Scarborough Jr died from wounds received while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation when vehicle hit a hostile exploding device.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, West Virginia, USA
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