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WILLIAM ALAN SWOVELAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – August 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Alan Swoveland, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 24
- GLENN CHARLES STROMBACKSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JOHN CLARENCE STROMESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- CARMELO VASQUEZLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY THOMPSON CRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 13
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.