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EUGENE EDWARD SWIFT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 26, 1945 – March 9, 1968
Service recordEugene Edward Swift, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- August 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 2
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- HENRY EARL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- SANTIAGO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- MCCREA BENEDICT TUTTLECaptain · March 9, 1968
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.