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VERLE JENNINGS SKIDMORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordVerle Jennings Skidmore, of Terreton, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Terreton, Idaho (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 15
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM C SPROULE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 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.