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RONALD PAUL SCHWORER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – April 9, 1967
Service recordRonald Paul Schworer, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 9, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 9, 1967
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 15
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- LIONEL LARUE ROBINSONCorporal · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM FRANCIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 3
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.