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BRIAN KAY SKINNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1939 – December 9, 1964
Service recordBrian Kay Skinner, of Denver, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 75
- ARTHUR ALEXANDER SHELTONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · Panel 1E, Line 75
From Denver
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · 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.