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RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1949 – February 8, 1969
Service recordRichard Lowell Skouby, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 89
- KENNETH CHARLES HESSSergeant · February 8, 1969
- ALVIN LEE SHADWICKSpecialist Five · February 8, 1969
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 83
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 86
- JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHTCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 87
- THEUS JOSEPH POUNDCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 88
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.