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RICHARD DAVID SWAYZE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1944 – March 21, 1966
Service recordRichard David Swayze, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 35
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 35
- WALTER RUBEN SHORTTCorporal · March 21, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 28
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 31
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 33
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 36
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 94
From Santa Maria
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 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.