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WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Swartz, of Seaford, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Seaford, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 19
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · March 18, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · March 18, 1970
- DARRELL EUGENE AYERSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES ONISHEACorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 18
From Seaford
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · May 9, 1968
- THOMAS PAYNE PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 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.