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RUSSELL ALBERT SCHWARTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1949 – July 8, 1969
Service recordRussell Albert Schwartz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 85
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 85
- JIM CAREY PAGEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT WALKER PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- HERBERT LEE PHELPSSergeant · July 8, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL ALLEN CALKINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 81
- ROBERT VICTOR GAPINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 82
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.