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DONNIE JAY SWATSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – February 2, 1970
Service recordDonnie Jay Swatsell, of Greeneville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Greeneville, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 96
- JAMES WESLEY STEWARTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- ARTHUR CLARKGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- EDMOND EUGENE SMITH IIILance Corporal · February 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE BARTEKSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 92
From Greeneville
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 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.