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John Earnest Swanson Jr

John Earnest Swanson Jr
U.S. Army
Corporal
Biography:
John E. Swanson Jr, from Davenport, Iowa, began his tour in Vietnam on December 18, 1967. Corporal Swanson served as a Medical Corpsman with the 25th Medical Battalion, 25th Infantry. He died after an accidental shooting in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam on May 4, 1968. He was buried in Kossuth Cemetery in Mediapolis, Minnesota.
County:
Scott
City of EntryDavenport
Conflict/Time PeriodVietnam War
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Separation StatusKilled In Action (KIA)
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