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DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – August 24, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Skogerboe, of Forest City, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 110
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Forest City, Iowa (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 110
- RICHARD ALLEN ANDERSONLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- BOBBY LEE TARTERChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 24, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EDWARD FARANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 106
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 108
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 110
From Forest City
- DONALD GARY LAMMERSFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.