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BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1946 – October 10, 1968
Service recordBaynes Ballew McSwain JR, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUNATechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- WILLIAM W MEISEL JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 38
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 39
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 39
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHANSergeant First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 42
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 42
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 43
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
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.