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FLOYD PETER SKAGGS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – January 2, 1968
Service recordFloyd Peter Skaggs, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 23
- DAVID RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ODELL STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 16
- FURMAN LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 18
- HANS KLETINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 19
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 20
- ROBERT L WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 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.