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DONALD LLOYD SWANSON
Captain · U.S. Army
September 19, 1943 – January 31, 1970
Service recordDonald Lloyd Swanson, of Millbrae, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 87
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Millbrae, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 87
- JOHN THOMAS RODGERSSergeant · January 31, 1970
- EDWARD ARNOLD ROZELLLance Corporal · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- JERALD DALE WESTSergeant · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 83
- PAUL H CARDENAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 85
- ALAN BRIAN PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 86
- ONEIL J PELLEGRIN JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 86
From Millbrae
- THOMAS WINSTON MALLONSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
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.