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THOMAS EDWARD SWEINSBERGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1950 – September 4, 1971
Service recordThomas Edward Sweinsberger, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 11
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 11
- ALAN ROLF HINZPETERSpecialist Four · September 6, 1971
- RONNIE SHINYA MARSHALLSergeant · September 6, 1971
- BRUCE ALTON CANNONCaptain · September 7, 1971
- JIMMIE DAVID HINTONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY BATTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 10
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 10
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.