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DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1946 – July 11, 1967
Service recordDennis Dwayne Skutt, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 54
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- DOUGLASS FRANKLIN PEAYPrivate · July 11, 1967
- EDWARD ROGER REEDPrivate · July 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MICHAEL CLARKELance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 48
- JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADOPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.