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RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1926 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRichard Joseph Schwichow, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1926
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 80
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · March 29, 1969
- THOMAS LEWIS COTTRELLSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · March 29, 1969
- JOHN JOE ELSENRATHSergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 78
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 85
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.