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KEITH LYLE SWANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordKeith Lyle Swanson, of San Leandro, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 40
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WORLDSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.