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ROBERT EARL SWINDLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1938 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Earl Swindle, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 35
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 35
- RUSSELL MARVIN STAUDTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JONES THOMASLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JOHN BEN VALDEZSergeant · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE OFSTEDAHLSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 33
- RICHARD DOUGLAS WELLMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 36
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.