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JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1947 – June 20, 1967
Service recordJohn William Schweyher JR, of Irvington, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 27
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Irvington, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 27
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DAVID ALAN YOUNKSergeant · June 20, 1967
From Irvington
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HILLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · January 27, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · February 27, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
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.