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ROGER WESLEY SWANSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1943 – October 31, 1968
Service recordRoger Wesley Swanson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 31, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 69
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 2 INF 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1968
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 40W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD URBELISCorporal · October 31, 1968
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · October 31, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.