SPC Byron Skinner

SPC Byron Skinner

Dates of Service: no date specified
VETERAN
25% Complete
9 Contacts
Influence Score: 14,848
3,978 out of 865,877 Veterans
About Discussions

Promotions

  • PVT Sep 65
  • PV2 Jan 66
  • PFC Apr 66
  • SPC Sep 66

Recent Activity  -

Bio 

Enlisted Regular Army Sept. 21 1965 Ft. Polk La., BCT E-1-5 Basic Training Brigade- Infantry AIT Ft. Dix. N.J. Finished AIT in January 1966-Ft. Dix Unassigned till Aprik 1966- Ft. Meade April 1966 to August 1966 11th. Armored Cavalry Regiment. Deployed to Vietnam August 1966 C Troop, 2nd. Platoon, Rifle Squad-Career ending wound December 2nd. 1966, Lost eye, featured spine, last some of skull and other assorted injuries with an explosive blast just in front of me.

Military Experiences

Apr 1966 - Dec 1966
Rifleman
Sp4 Rifleman, rifle squad was short bodied I became a Squad lead de facto and lead patrols day and night. Under fire almost daily.
close