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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.
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