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PAUL DARRELL SKELTON II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordPaul Darrell Skelton II, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 124
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SALERNOLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD SCHONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIE B SKRINE JRCorporal · May 26, 1967
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.