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JOHN PETER SKORO JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 3, 1942 – September 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Peter Skoro JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 93
- CHARLES MICHAEL MARTINHospitalman · September 13, 1966
- JAMES LAMONT PALMERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- NEIL EDWARD RILEYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- JOHN E STACKHOUSECaptain · September 13, 1966
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.