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FRANK LEVI SWINFORD III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – September 6, 1967
Service recordFrank Levi Swinford III, of Sweeny, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Sweeny, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 19
- ALLISON LEWIS THOMAS JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TOMASEKLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- DONALD ROLAND WARDSergeant · September 6, 1967
From Sweeny
- ROCKNE LAMAR HARDWICKLance Corporal · December 21, 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.