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DANIEL GEORGE SCHWAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordDaniel George Schwan, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 54
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · August 23, 1968
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- FRANCIS LESLIE SETTERQUISTCaptain · August 23, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD SMITHCorporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 40
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 42
- EUGENE JOHN HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- JOEL MITCHELL LAROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 49
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 54
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.