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ROBERT BENNETT SWENCK
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 18, 1933 – November 25, 1971
Service recordRobert Bennett Swenck, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 25, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1971; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 72
- JOHN WILLIAM GEORGECaptain · November 25, 1971
- THOMAS DEAN PROSEAirman First Class · November 25, 1971
- LOWELL RAY SAUNDERSSpecialist Five · November 25, 1971
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASTechnical Sergeant · November 25, 1971
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.