Name:
George Marion Skinner
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
26127
Unit:
9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, USA
Plot:
Block 1
Row:
Lot 35
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
George Marion Skinner was born on May 10, 1923, in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. He was the son of Private First Class Marion Langworthy Skinner and Elizabeth Degroff Skinner.
He served in the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.