Lt. Colonel James Asa SKINNER

1925 - 1993  (67 years)

• Name	James Asa SKINNER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Lt. Colonel
  Birth	20 Sep 1925	Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Fort Bragg, North Carolina of Harker Heights, Texas burial with full military honors from the 101st Airborne, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite of Waco, Texas Proposed Change: Lt. Colonel James Asa SKINNER (I106821) Tree: Singleton and Related Families Link: http://singletonfamily.org//getperson.php?personID=I106821&tree=1 Description: James A. Skinner served in the 8th Infantry Division during the Korean Conflict. He was the U.S. Army project test officer for the Fulton Skyhook program, as a member of the Electronic & Special Warfare Board, 82nd Airborne Division. Then a Captain, in October 1962, Skinner was the first U.S. Army soldier picked up via this ground-air pickup system by a C-123 Caribou at Fort Bragg, NC. Skinner served in 1966 & 1977 as an RF/PF Advior in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. James Skinner Jim@courtroom.com  [1, 2, 4]
  MILI	he was a Korean Conflict, World War II and VIetnam War veteran- he retired from the U.S. Army in 1970 at Fort Hood, (Texas), after 23 years of service- he was a former member of the 82nd Airborne Corps, Special Warfare & Test Headquarters and III Corps Test Headquarters He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Johnnie Hutchins. Military honors received include: Army Commendation Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal w/one oak leaf cluster, Korean Service Medal, Parachutist Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Air Medal Master Parachutist Badge, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign, Vietnam Service Medal w/two bronze service stars, and the Bronze Star Medal.  [2]
  Occupation	retired from the U.S. Army, he taught Texas History and World Geography at Manor Middle School and Eastern Hills Middle School  [2]
  _UID	0A67E633E2EA48A4B9FE49B6CFA9C22456EB
  Death	24 May 1993	at his home
  Burial	26 May 1993	Trigg Memory Acres   [2]
  	Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home Inc., Killeen, Texas
  Person ID	I106821	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Raymond Pinckney SKINNER, Sr.   d. Bef 17 Aug 2011
  Mother	Frances Louise TURBEVILLE,   b. 11 Aug 1903, Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 3 Nov 1961 (Age 58 years)
  _UID	B36C1E5078394967A154DEF020FF4280927D
  _UID	B36C1E5078394967A154DEF020FF4280927D
  Family ID	F73882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maxine
  _UID	6BF4219D1A92495F8006E967E8085919A998
  _UID	6BF4219D1A92495F8006E967E8085919A998
  Children	1. James Otis SKINNER   2. Willie Richard SKINNER   3. Lisa SKINNER
  Family ID	F73891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  at death- he had 3 grandchildren [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2634] . [S4543] James A. Skinner. [S19159] James O. Skinner , Proposed Change: James O. Skinner. [S20263] James Skinner , Proposed Change: Lt. Colonel James Asa Skinner.