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LARRY RAYMOND SWISHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – March 16, 1969
Service recordLarry Raymond Swisher, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 56
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 56
- FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1969
- DAVID ROSCOE SMITHCaptain · March 16, 1969
- SELVWYN RISHER TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · March 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 57
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.