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CHARLES A MCSWINEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – October 31, 1972
Service recordCharles A McSwiney JR, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 87
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 87
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGANMajor · Panel 1W, Line 86
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 87
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
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.