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WAYNE ROBERT SWAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordWayne Robert Swan, of Arkport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Arkport, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 87
- ANTHONY GENE HARNESSSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- KENNETH HENRY VISINTINCorporal · March 29, 1969
- CHARLES CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · March 29, 1969
From Arkport
- FREDERICK DONALD KEMPLance Corporal · May 8, 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.