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RUSSELL JAMES SWANHART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1948 – September 12, 1967
Service recordRussell James Swanhart, of Portage, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 64
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
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- May 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Portage, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; four 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 26E, Line 64
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
From Portage
- JOSEPH PAUL NOELCorporal · June 5, 1968
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 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.