JOHN P SKORO JR
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HONORED ON PANEL 10E, LINE 93 OF THE WALL

JOHN PETER SKORO JR

WALL NAME

JOHN P SKORO JR

PANEL / LINE

10E/93

DATE OF BIRTH

02/03/1942

CASUALTY PROVINCE

BINH DINH

DATE OF CASUALTY

09/13/1966

HOME OF RECORD

GARY

COUNTY OF RECORD

Lake County

STATE

IN

BRANCH OF SERVICE

AIR FORCE

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LEFT FOR JOHN PETER SKORO JR
POSTED ON 12.8.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you....

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from Ron Patton is touching and reflects his admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….
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POSTED ON 12.18.2022

Final Mission of 1LT John P. Skoro Jr.

Operation Thayer I (September 13-22, 1966) was designed to eliminate North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong influence in Binh Dinh Province on the central coast of South Vietnam. On the first day of the operation, three battalions (1/8, 2/8, and 1/12) of the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, began movement by helicopter assault into five landing zones (LZs) along the mountain ridge line that overlooked the Kim Son Valley from the south and east. Across the valley, the 2nd Brigade put two battalions (1/5 and 2/12) plus two batteries of the 1/77th Artillery into five more LZs that were perched at the top of the western ridge line. All LZs were heavily prepped by air strikes, aerial rocket artillery, tube artillery, and armed Chinook helicopters. Only light contact was developed with the enemy throughout the day, except for the 1/9th Cav. Conducting screening operations over the entire area of operations, they encountered heavy fire against their armed helicopters during the entire day. Particularly heavy ground fire was encountered by aircraft from the 2nd Brigade in the vicinity of LZ Bird, and air strikes were called in to suppress the area. A flight of U.S. Air Force North American F-100D Super Sabre fighter-bombers from the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron was called in and began hitting the enemy with high explosives and napalm. The Number Two aircraft was making a napalm pass on an automatic weapons bunker when it failed to pull out of the dive and crashed, killing pilot 1LT John P. Skoro Jr. Due to the tactical situation on the ground, Skoro’s body could not be recovered. Four days later, small unit contacts continued as the division troops swept the slopes down toward the floor of the Kim Son Valley. The wreckage of the F-100D was located and the remains of the pilot extracted; however, in the process, one soldier, PFC John R. Cummins Jr. from C Company, 1/5 Cav, was killed when he detonated a booby trap planted by the enemy in the wreckage. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Operations Thayer/Irving 12 May 1967, Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report” at archive.org]
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POSTED ON 3.4.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Lt John Skoro, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Aircraft Pilot, and for graduating from the US Air Force Academy. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Winter will end soon, and Lent has begun. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 9.13.2019
POSTED BY: A Grateful Vietnam Veteran

Distinguished Flying Cross Award

Lt. John P Skoro, Jr. was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroic and extraordinary achievement while engaged in flight while serving as a Pilot, Tactical Aircraft, 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force.

See https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=81528
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POSTED ON 10.9.2018
POSTED BY: Ron Patton

Luke

John was my room mate during gunnery school at Luke. He was a brilliant guy and a true joy to be around as well as an outstanding pilot.
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