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NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – January 15, 1969
Service recordNicholas John Swidonovich, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 10
- ROBERTO RAMOSLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- STEVE RONALD REISERSergeant · January 15, 1969
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MICHAEL MELVIN SPARKColonel · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · Panel 34W, Line 6
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 9
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 10
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.