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ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1950 – March 30, 1971
Service recordRobert Joseph Skewes, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 95
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
- THOMAS HENRY RATLIFFSpecialist Five · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALLEN WADELance Corporal · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN YOUNGCorporal · March 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANK NIDEVERMajor · Panel 4W, Line 94
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
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.