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ERNEST WILLIAM SWONER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordErnest William Swoner, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- 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
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 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 Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH STONGECorporal · February 23, 1969
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- DAVID HARRY SUNDQUISTSergeant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSEPH RIEDERERPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 18
- RAY GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 31
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.