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RONALD DEAN SWINFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1947 – September 4, 1970
Service recordRonald Dean Swinford, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 38
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 38
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1970
- RODNEY EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · September 4, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
From Fairborn
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL OBENOURSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · February 14, 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.