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RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Allan Skaggs, of Cupertino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 28
- JOHN RODNEY SCHURRERCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ALBERT RUSSELL TAYLOR IIStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- NATHANIEL WADESergeant · June 18, 1968
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
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.