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MICHAEL DANIEL CHWAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 26, 1938 – September 30, 1965
Service recordMichael Daniel Chwan, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 30, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 99
- RONALD LEE DAVISLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
From Bayonne
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 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.