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ROBERT MICHAEL SWICK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Swick, of Lompoc, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 1
- KEVIN JOHN DUGANFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE DUNITHANSergeant · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND O EBRIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JACK GENE ENIXLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- FELIX FRANK FLORESLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 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.