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GERALD LEE SCHWUCHOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – January 14, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee Schwuchow, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 35
- JOSE MANUEL MANGUALPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BAHL JRCorporal · January 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 34
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 35
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.