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RICHARD EUGENE SWAB
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Eugene Swab, of Takoma Park, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Takoma Park, Maryland (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 20
- CLARENCE ROBERT ROOTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SHIELDSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- LARRY HAYS SMITHCorporal · June 29, 1968
- LARRY LEE THORNTONLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
From Takoma Park
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- ROBERT EMERSON TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1966
- JOHN LEIF NIELSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- LESLIE MILTON DYSON JRPrivate · August 27, 1968
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
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.