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GORDON RAY SKYLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1937 – June 24, 1966
Service recordGordon Ray Skyles, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 89
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DELMAS SHERWOOD TOWNSENDWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 84
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 88
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 88
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 89
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.