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WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – September 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Michael Skovran, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 31
- LYNELL NEBLETTLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN DAVID FLANIGANPrivate · November 17, 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.