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ROBERT RONALD SWAN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1948 – September 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Ronald Swan, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 80
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 80
- TIMOTHY BRUCE CALDWELLLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
- ERNEST TATNEY JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- JAMES MALCOLM BAGSHAWSpecialist Five · September 2, 1967
From Berwyn
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
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.