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NELS WILLIAM SWANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1940 – December 19, 1965
Service recordNels William Swanson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 29
- SAMUEL LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- RUSSELL VIVEIROS ALMEIDALance Corporal · December 20, 1965
- LEE EDWARD NORDAHLLieutenant Commander · December 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 27
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 28
- BENNIE ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 28
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.