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EDMUND SKUNDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – January 24, 1968
Service recordEdmund Skunda, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittston, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 27
- JUAN ANTONIO ROSAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- GARY DAVID SCRIBNERLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER STARKSergeant · January 24, 1968
From Pittston
- RONALD MICHAEL URBANSKISpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND KAUSECorporal · September 20, 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.