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ALLAN GREGORY SWAIM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – August 1, 1968
Service recordAllan Gregory Swaim, of Tustin, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Tustin, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 46
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES THOMPSONColonel · August 1, 1968
- THEODORE JAY WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- MATTHEW WOODSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MATTHEW WOODSStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 46
From Tustin
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY CHURCHILLLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- CARLOS RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHN R OGLESBYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- CHRISTY ALBERT PEEBLERSergeant · June 13, 1969
- ALLEN JACQUES DUROYPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
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.