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JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – May 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph Allen Schwerdtfeger, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 22
- ONEAL ADDISONSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- AARON BUCKLEY AUMILLERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- ROGER LEE BERGPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 19
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 21
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 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.