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ANTHONY SKODMIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1945 – January 20, 1966
Service recordAnthony Skodmin, of Iselin, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Iselin, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 81
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT TAURISANOLance Corporal · January 20, 1966
- DAVID ROY BURGESSSergeant · January 21, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS EGAN JRCaptain · January 21, 1966
From Iselin
- VINCENT F RISOLDIPrivate First Class · June 28, 1965
- MAURICE JOSEPH OCALLAGHANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DANIEL ALAN HILDEBRANDTPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- VINCENT MORANSergeant · March 28, 1969
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.