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WILLIAM HENRY SWISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1947 – January 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Swisher, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 67
- DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAWSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ARTHUR ROY SPROTT JRMajor · January 10, 1969
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
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.