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ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1944 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Wayne Swafford, of O'fallon, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 6, 1944
- Home of record
- O'fallon, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 18
- THOMAS SOLIZCorporal · September 6, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SPAK JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN MILTON SPIRESGunnery Sergeant · September 6, 1967
- BARTLEY THOMAS STOKES IIILance Corporal · September 6, 1967
From O'fallon
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- BEN DOMINIC BONOLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
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.