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SWANTE AUGUST SWENSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1942 – January 11, 1968
Service recordSwante August Swenson, of Denville, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Denville, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 32
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL SMITHPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL STEVENSLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
From Denville
- CHARLES ALBERT PHILHOWERFireman Apprentice · December 6, 1965
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · October 15, 1967
- JEFFREY JOSEPH BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
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.