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BRIAN EDWARD SWANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1949 – May 6, 1969
Service recordBrian Edward Swane, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 15
- WALTER ALAN ELAMPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- CHARLIE C WILLIAMSON JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 11
- CHARLES MCDONALD FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 11
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 14
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
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.