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GEORGE WALTER SKAKEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordGeorge Walter Skakel, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 34
- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARDMajor · March 6, 1968
- GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGHCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARTHUR DAVID SHELTONPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANDRA HOSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 22
- CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JRSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 35
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 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.