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WILLIE B SKRINE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1945 – May 26, 1967
Service recordWillie B Skrine JR, of Mayfield, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 124
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Mayfield, Georgia (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 124
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SALERNOLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD SCHONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1967
- PAUL DARRELL SKELTON IISpecialist Four · May 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.