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LOUIS JAMES SKANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1949 – July 4, 1968
Service recordLouis James Skanson, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 14
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · July 4, 1968
- DAVID JAMES WARDCorporal · July 4, 1968
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
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.