HONORED ON PANEL 18W, LINE 56 OF THE WALL
RICHARD JACKSON SWIGER
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RICHARD J SWIGER
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18W/56
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LEFT FOR RICHARD JACKSON SWIGER
POSTED ON 2.16.2024
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you.....
There is a place
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
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POSTED ON 5.28.2023
POSTED BY: Elaine Westfall
Remembering a local hero.
Richard is remembered by many of his friends and classmates from Victory High School alumni group in Clarksburg, WV.
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POSTED ON 2.9.2023
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans
Staff Sergeant Richard Jackson Swiger, Served with Company M, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, United States Army Vietnam. Montani Semper Liberi !
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POSTED ON 1.7.2023
POSTED BY: Dan Swiger
We are kin, Swigers all
I recently looked to see who in the Swiger family line were lost to that Godforsaken war. I served in Vietnam, 69-70. We were there at the same time for a while. Wish I could have met you. Sometmes I think dying relieves you of the horror experienced, the searing memoryies. But God chose otherwise for some. Rest in peach cuz.
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