Alexander R. Skinker
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Alexander R. Skinker
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Captain Alexander Rives Skinker was a Medal of Honor recipient during World War I. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1905. He served in the Missouri National Guard from 1903 to 1908, and entered the Army as a commissioned officer in 1916. He was awarded the medal for leading an attack on German pillboxes in the Hindenburg Line during the Meuse–Argonne offensive. Skinker was killed in the attack.
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US Medal of Honor recipient (1883-1918)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_R._Skinker
date created:
2005-08-18T23:57:00Z
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2024-09-08T15:52:17Z
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