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THOMAS WILLIAM SKILES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – December 19, 1971
Service recordThomas William Skiles, of Buffalo, Wyoming, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 89
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, Wyoming (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 89
- ANDREW HARRY MESHIGAUDStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1971
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
- DANIEL ROBERTS POYNORCaptain · December 19, 1971
- HERBERT RALPH STONEKINGSpecialist Five · December 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 89
From Buffalo
- LARRY LYMAN WARNOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOE WORTH GREENMajor · April 1, 1970
- LONNIE ALLEN DYKESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
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.