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CHARLES DELANO SWARTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1942 – January 10, 1966
Service recordCharles Delano Swartz, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 62
- MATTHEW JOHN PECHAITISSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1966
- HUGH FRED SPAINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- LARRY EARL TENNILLPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 61
From Middletown
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
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.