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CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1946 – February 10, 1967
Service recordCharles Michael Swaim, of Ballwin, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Ballwin, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 15
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- PAUL JOHN PERECKOLieutenant Colonel · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL POHLMANSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
From Ballwin
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE MITCHELLCorporal · August 1, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
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.