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GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – April 20, 1966
Service recordGeorge Joseph Skapinsky, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 125
- ROBERT CARLIES COTHRANPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- GROVER R TAYLORStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- ROY DELANO WATTSSergeant · April 20, 1966
- ELLIS ERNEST AUSTINCommander · April 21, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 124
From Jamaica Plain
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
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.