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CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 29, 1935 – November 9, 1966
Service recordCharles Frederick Swope, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 9, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 49
- JOSEPH BACZALSKIPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- SYLVAN KEITH BRADLEYCaptain · November 10, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH BROOKSLance Corporal · November 10, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.