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STEVEN G SKELLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – November 13, 1969
Service recordSteven G Skelly, of Moorpark, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Moorpark, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 71
- RONALD EARL RAYStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- WILLIE GEORGE TURNERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
From Moorpark
- WALTER RODERICK RIGGSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- TONY PALACIOSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.