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STEVEN PAUL SWATEK
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
October 7, 1947 – March 1, 1968
Service recordSteven Paul Swatek, of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Peshtigo, Wisconsin (Marinette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 25
- ANTHONY ODELL STRINGERPetty Officer Third Class · March 1, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN THOMPSONLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- WALTER LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN TILLMAN IIILance Corporal · March 1, 1968
From Peshtigo
- JAMES ALLAN PRICEPrivate First Class · January 2, 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.