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PEDRO ARNADO SWENSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1944 – January 28, 1967
Service recordPedro Arnado Swenson, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- FRANCIS PETER JELINEKStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- JOE FRANKLIN KELLEYHospitalman · January 28, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
From Willow Grove
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- PAUL THOMAS WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 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.