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MICHAEL RAY SKIPPER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1948 – April 22, 1969
Service recordMichael Ray Skipper, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 27
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
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 27
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- VINCENT CALVIN SCOTT JRCaptain · April 22, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 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.