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RICHARD C SWIFT
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 14, 1931 – November 22, 1968
Service recordRichard C Swift, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 22, 1968, in Thailand, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM TAJCHMANSpecialist Five · November 22, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.