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WILLIAM E SKIVINGTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam E Skivington JR, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 13
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 6
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.