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DONALD ALVAH SKINNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – May 23, 1967
Service recordDonald Alvah Skinner, of Lavallette, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Lavallette, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 92
- EUREKA LAVERN SCHMITTOUPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT DEWEY THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 90
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
- ROBERT DEWEY THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 92
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 93
From Lavallette
- GEORGE JOHN POLLINMajor · April 29, 1967
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.