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WILLIAM ELLING SWENSGARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – September 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Elling Swensgard, of Ft Benton, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Benton, Montana (Chouteau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 109
- WILLIAM JAY BALFOURCorporal · September 21, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN TATUMGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD TRUSHAWPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- MILTON JAMES VESCELIUS JRCaptain · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROBERTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 107
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.