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CLAIBORNE JOHN SKINNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordClaiborne John Skinner, of De Quincy, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- De Quincy, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 2
- THOMAS RANDAL SCALISEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE SIMONSONPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JOHN BYRON SMITHHospitalman · August 29, 1968
- ELK CARLOS NICHOLAS YELLOWPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From De Quincy
- REUBEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FLOYD IRA GRANGER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · June 22, 1970
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.