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Lance Corporal Steven ScottJanuary 30, 1950 – July 14, 1968Company H, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), FMFOperation EAGER YANKEE – Vinh Loc District, VietnamOn the same day he turned 18, Steven Scott arrived in Vietnam. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, he had enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in Detroit less than a year earlier, driven by a quiet sense of duty that knew no borders.By July 1968, his unit—Company H, 2/7 Marines—was part of the Special Landing Force, operating in the unforgiving terrain of Thua Thien Province as Battalion Landing Team 2/7 under the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade.On July 14, 1968, during a combat sweep near the village of Thon Muc Tru in the Vinh Loc District, a 105mm artillery shell—rigged as a hidden anti-personnel device—detonated without warning. Lance Corporal Scott, one of the team’s vital radio operators, was gravely wounded in the blast.He was rushed to the USS Tripoli, a Navy amphibious assault ship stationed offshore. For three long hours, medics fought to save him.But his wounds were too severe.Lance Corporal Steven Scott died later that day, a Marine to the end. He was just 18 years old.Born in Ontario, raised with pride on both sides of the border, and committed to something bigger than himself, Steven embodied the very spirit of sacrifice. He is remembered not just as a Marine, but as a son of two nations who gave everything in service to freedom.Semper Fidelis, Lance Corporal Scott.Your voice still echoes on the net. Your duty is done.#USMC #VietnamWar #LanceCorporalStevenScott #BLT2_7 #OperationEagerYankee #USSTripoli #RadioOperator #SemperFidelis #MarineCorps #NeverForget #CanadianAmerican #1968