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THEODORE VAN SKILES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – September 17, 1969
Service recordTheodore Van Skiles, of Houston, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 106
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 106
- SCOTT PHILIP SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STARKEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY JAMES DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 101
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.