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DAVID EUGENE SWIHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – May 30, 1968
Service recordDavid Eugene Swihart, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications System Circuit Controller (32D)
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 3
- JERRY MICHAEL STONESergeant · May 30, 1968
- JAMES LAWRENCE THOMASPlatoon Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- WILLIAM WILBUR JRCorporal · May 30, 1968
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.