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DENNIS RAY SWANTAK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1946 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray Swantak, of Shelton, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelton, Washington (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 5
- LARRY STERNPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS LAWRENCE STIGLITZCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR THIELE JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 2
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · Panel 69W, Line 2
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 3
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 3
From Shelton
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- CLIFFRED MELVIN EVANSSergeant · June 9, 1968
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · October 3, 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.