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HARRY RAY SWIGER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1916 – May 22, 1965
Service recordHarry Ray Swiger, of Lumberport, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 22, 1916
- Home of record
- Lumberport, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 48
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 122
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETTSeaman · May 21, 1965
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 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.