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LEO EDWARD SWAN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1948 – April 20, 1968
Service recordLeo Edward Swan JR, of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Brighton, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 13
- SAMUEL REYNACorporal · April 20, 1968
- ANTHONY ROOSEVELT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN BRYAN THOMPSONSergeant · April 20, 1968
From Brighton
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 1971
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.