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GEORGE AUSTIN SCHWALBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1949 – November 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Austin Schwalbach, of Highland Park, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 75
- JORGE LUIS NIEVESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- GORDON LEE PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- LEONDA SARTORPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
From Highland Park
- ROBERT EDMUND TAFTSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 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.