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WAYNE E SKOLITS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – November 21, 1968
Service recordWayne E Skolits, of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Ronkonkoma, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CHARLES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- JOE HARRY STANLEYSergeant · November 21, 1968
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- JOHN WARREN HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 26
- THOMAS HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- CURTIS JAMES KAUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 29
From Lake Ronkonkoma
- CHARLES RICHARD GREENEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- ALBERT MARTINPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EDWARD SIMON WISSIGStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
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.