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ORVAL HARRY SKARMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – January 15, 1968
Service recordOrval Harry Skarman, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 15, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34E, Line 56
- RONALD LEE MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD WALKERFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1968
- RAYMOND N WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- CHARLES THERON WHITELance Corporal · January 15, 1968
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.