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GORDON A SKINNER II
Captain · U.S. Army
April 6, 1944 – August 16, 1968
Service recordGordon A Skinner II, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 30
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 30
- KEVIN RALPH REMERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHEAL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS RIBEIROPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JOHN ELMER ROECorporal · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LURAL LEE BLEVINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 22
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 23
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 25
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 27
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 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.