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DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordDavid Leonard Skumurski, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 56
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LENARD STREET JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROOSEVELT THARRINGTON JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.