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COURTNEY A SKINNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – April 28, 1969
Service recordCourtney A Skinner, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 74
- MICHAEL E SCHAFERNOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · April 28, 1969
- RUFUS SIRMANSSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY STOUT IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANK COULTHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 69
- CARL RAY HOUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 71
- PHILLIP EDWARD ROTHAR JRSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 73
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.