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RICHARD MICHAEL SCHWAB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – September 6, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Schwab, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 42
- PAUL DAVID MYERSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PORTERLance Corporal · September 6, 1970
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · September 6, 1970
- KIRK WAYNE SIMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 42
- KIRK WAYNE SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 42
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.