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BERNARD LEROY SWIGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1940 – December 11, 1970
Service recordBernard Leroy Swiger, of Madison, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Madison, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 115
- OTIS ELIZA ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES PETRASHUNEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
From Madison
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN NAUCorporal · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.