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William Edward Skivington Jr
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
1st Infantry Regiment, 23rd Infantry Division
Entered the Service From: Las Vegas, Nevada 
Date of Birth: May 05, 1948
Date of Death: May 12, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Staff Sergeant Skivington was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal). On May 12, 1968, he guarding Out Post 2 at Kham Duc, South Vietnam when his out post was overrun. His remains were recovered on June 19, 2006 and identified on December 5, 2006. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

William married ASCHAUER, Berta in 1947 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY. Berta was born on 8 Apr 1925 in Graz, Austria; died on 18 Feb 2010 in Las Vegas, Clark County, NV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 11/22/1946

A u s t r i a n Girl Will
W e d Niagara M an
TOWN OF NIAGARA. Nov 22—
Miss Berta Aschauer. of Graz. Austria,
will be married to Mr. William
E. Skivington of Pomeroy avenue
on her arrival In the United States.
Miss Aschauer is expected to arrive
about January 1 and will be
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Skivington
of Pomeroy avenue, until
final preparations for the wedding
can be made.
The wedding cermony will be at
Hope Lutheran church. Military
road, Town of Niagara, the Rev.
John Gagern officiating.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/20/1955

Alex K. Skivington, 62, of 4721
Pomeroy Ave,, Town of Niagara,
a chemical operator at the Olin-
Mathieson Chemical Corp.'s local
plant for the last 25 years, died
today at his home after a four month
illness.
Born in DuBois, Pa., Mr. Skivington
lived in the Niagara Falls
area for 50 years. He is survived by
his wife, Gladys, and three sons.
Garnet L. and Herbert D., this city,
and William E. Skivington of Chicago,
Ill.; a brother, William A.,
and two sisters, Mrs. Anna A. Wallace
and Mrs. Beatrice Cy Mc-
Geachy, alt of this city. Ten grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Gridley
Funeral Home, 750 Main St.,
with the Rev. William J. Devine,
minister of the Niagara United
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery.

Alexander + Gladys. Gladys was born on 6 Oct 1897; died in Jul 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Rebecka about 1880. Rebecka was born in Mar 1857 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]