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WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1941 – September 14, 1966
Service recordWilbur Eugene Swindell, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 96
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL CATESergeant · September 15, 1966
From Connellsville
- MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENERAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
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.