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JOHN DARREL SKIRVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – July 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Darrel Skirvin, of Fairfield, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 133
- LEE ERNEST MARSH JRLance Corporal · July 8, 1970
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 1970
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BREVARD OWENSFirst Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 132
From Fairfield
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN FRAKESSergeant · August 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · October 1, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · May 3, 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.