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THOMAS PAUL SCHWAB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Paul Schwab, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 21
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
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 21
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JIMMY LEE SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- PAUL WINTHROP SMITHSONSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 14
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 38W, Line 18
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 18
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.