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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Donald Lloyd Swanson.

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DONALD LLOYD SWANSON

Captain · U.S. Army

September 19, 1943 – January 31, 1970

Service record

Donald 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

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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

Same unit, same day

From Millbrae

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.