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RICHARD DEAN SCHWIDERSKI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 16, 1945 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Dean Schwiderski, of Henry, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Henry, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 114
- STEVEN CHARLES WEBBSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT EARL WORRELLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROY MAIERSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 112
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.