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LONNIE MELROE SWINSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1932 – September 11, 1970
Service recordLonnie Melroe Swinson, of Yelm, Washington, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1932
- Home of record
- Yelm, Washington (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 57
- BERNARD HERBERT PLASSMEYERFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- JOHN WAYNE CANNONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- DEVON MARDIC ENMANSergeant · September 12, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST R BROWNLOW IIISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 54
From Yelm
- RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORDLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
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.