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EUGENE RICHARD SKOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordEugene Richard Skoch, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 23
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- FRANKIE LEE SMILEYLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- FORESTAL ALONZO STEVENSSpecialist Five · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN STOPYRASpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 16
- FRED DANIEL PENLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.