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ORVAL L SKIRVIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1930 – October 15, 1967
Service recordOrval L Skirvin, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 8 BN 4 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 12
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- HUBERT STACKHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ARNOLD DEAN SYROVATKASpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 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.