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BRENT LESLIE SWABBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1942 – May 24, 1968
Service recordBrent Leslie Swabby, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 3
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
- Chaplain Assistant (71M)
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 3
- FREDERICK GEORGE STEFFENHospitalman · May 24, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- TOUSSAINT LEO TITUSStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- PHILIP GERALD TURNERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.