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WILLIAM HENRY SWANSON
Private · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Swanson, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 56
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 56
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT B STARKES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- CLIFFORD KAZUMI TAIRASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN TRINKALASpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 48
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 49
- GEORGE HENRY JULESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 50
- ROBERT GARY KOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 50
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- TERRY ALAN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- CHARLIE THOMAS NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- RICHARD MANUEL PACOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- CHARLES MARTIN PENLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 53
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 54
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 57
- LARRY LEE WEEDENSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 57
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 58
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.