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TODD EARLE SWANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – March 13, 1968
Service recordTodd Earle Swanson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 41
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- RUBEN NOAH TACKETTSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- J ATHAN THEODORESergeant · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 32
- DAVID KENNETH DITCHSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 35
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.