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RONALD FRANK SKOVIAK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1941 – October 8, 1963
Service recordRonald Frank Skoviak, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 31
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
- Born
- August 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 31
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- WILBUR TURBY DUNLAPSergeant First Class · October 15, 1963
From Warren
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
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.