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ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGART
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1933 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Williams Swigart, of State College, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 8
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 15, 1933
- Home of record
- State College, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 8
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON H ANDERSON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 122
- EDWARD FRANCIS FEE JRHospitalman · Panel 23E, Line 1
- GILBERT FELICIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 2
From State College
- DAVID GEPHART MYERSFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS KUCASFirst Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 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.