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DONALD EDWIN SCHWARZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDonald Edwin Schwarz, of Lakeside, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeside, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 30
- JOHN EDWARD WEST JRLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- GARSON FRANKLIN WHITESergeant · February 13, 1969
- STEVEN LEE WISSINKLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BALDAUFLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
From Lakeside
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · May 4, 1969
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.