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RICHARD AARON SKINNER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1945 – August 10, 1966
Service recordRichard Aaron Skinner, of Greenbelt, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenbelt, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 125
- LAWRENCE TERRELL STEINERHospitalman · August 10, 1966
- PAUL EARL SUDSBURYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- KENNETH EARL TASKERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From Greenbelt
- WILLIAM LEWIS KIEFFER JRLieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1970
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.