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ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – January 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Swalley, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 92
- RONALD LEE SANDLINCorporal · January 20, 1968
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD THOMASSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 85
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · Panel 34E, Line 86
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 90
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
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.