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LONNIE G SKAGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1945 – April 27, 1967
Service recordLonnie G Skaggs, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 104
- RONALD KEITH PENNINGTONLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- AUGUSTINE RESENDEZLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- ROM WORLEYSpecialist Six · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES W MCKINNIE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 103
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 PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.