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RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1944 – November 16, 1965
Service recordRichard William Schwendler, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 67
- JAMES LEWIS RILEYSergeant · November 16, 1965
- BILLY J TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CHARLIE ANDERSSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
Same unit, same day
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 66
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- EUGENE DOYCE DOLLARSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
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.