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ROBERT CLARENCE SKINNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1951 – November 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Clarence Skinner, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 86
- JERRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- MARK WAYNE BURCHARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
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.