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JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Earnest Swanson JR, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 32
- DARRELL WAYNE COTTRELLLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL CRYANSpecialist Five · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- LARRY DEAN DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 30
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 36
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 38
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.