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NYLES BERNARD SKYLES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – June 17, 1968
Service recordNyles Bernard Skyles, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 15
- STEPHEN WILLIAM SHAWPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- HOWARD WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer First Class · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- CLARENCE TOLENTINOStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 13
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · September 19, 1968
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.