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OWEN GEORGE SKINNER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1933 – December 12, 1970
Service recordOwen George Skinner, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 12, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 117
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS 504 TASG
- Born
- November 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 12, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “23 TASS 504 TASG”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 6W, Line 117
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- JOHNNY DELBERT VERSCHEURESpecialist Four · December 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN DUCKETTMajor · Panel 6W, Line 116
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.