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DAVID LEE SKINNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1946 – October 17, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Skinner, of Walkerton, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 84
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Walkerton, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 84
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD GEORGE SALONISHPetty Officer First Class · October 17, 1966
From Walkerton
- SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITTSergeant · March 23, 1966
- LYNN LEROY SMITHCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH MAHER JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 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.