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RICHARD JACKSON SWIGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – September 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Jackson Swiger, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 56
- LARRY KENNETH ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SAMPERSPetty Officer First Class · September 7, 1969
- LARRY TRUMAN SANDERSCorporal · September 7, 1969
- CHARLES W SHARMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 54
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
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.