Swanson, Aaron M.
Marines Lance corporal

Aaron M. Swanson, age 21, from Jamestown, New York, Chautauqua county.

Parents: Gene Swanson and Michele Buckley Ford; stepmother Julie Abers Swanson

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Southwestern Central High (2007)
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Buffalo, New York. Joined Marines in May 2009

Date of death: Monday, February 7, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Lake View, Jamestown, New York

Source: Department of Defense, Lind Funeral Home, Military Times