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LARRY RICKFORD SKINNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 25, 1949 – September 21, 1969
Service recordLarry Rickford Skinner, of Winfield, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Winfield, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 123
- THOMAS LLOYD LARSONCorporal · September 21, 1969
- LEONEL MENDONCA SILVEIRALance Corporal · September 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- HENRY MATT STEWART JRSergeant · September 21, 1969
From Winfield
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · August 28, 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.