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WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1943 – January 23, 1965
Service recordWilliam Ernest Swaykos, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 SIG CO USARV
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “362 SIG CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 83
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS H CORDOVASergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- ROGER LEE BUSSSpecialist Four · January 24, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 83
From Bloomfield
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 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.