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DARREL THOMAS SWANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – February 7, 1969
Service recordDarrel Thomas Swanson, of New Brighton, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 82
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 Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 82
- RODNEY GEORGE SHANKLance Corporal · February 7, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT SMITHCorporal · February 7, 1969
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WALTER RIPLEY TYRRELLPetty Officer Second Class · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 77
- EDGAR LEESergeant · Panel 33W, Line 79
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 82
From New Brighton
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
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.