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BOBBY GENE SWANSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – March 28, 1970
Service recordBobby Gene Swanson JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 53
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL SOULEAirman First Class · March 28, 1970
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.