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WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSON
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 1, 1937 – April 11, 1965
Service recordWilliam Edward Swanson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 11, 1965, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 95 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- November 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 103
- RONALD JAMES FEGANEnsign · April 9, 1965
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER WOODWORTHCaptain · April 17, 1965
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
From Minneapolis
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
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.