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BOBBY DALE SWINDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1941 – May 17, 1966
Service recordBobby Dale Swindell, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 76
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 76
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- RONALD LEE ECKERTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 72
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 75
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.