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RODRICK ALLAN SKEINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordRodrick Allan Skeins, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 65
- CARL WILSON DRAKEMajor · June 18, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 1970
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGSPrivate · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 62
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 64
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 65
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 66
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 66
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.