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GEORGE T SWYMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1935 – March 3, 1968
Service recordGeorge T Swymer, of Ashburn, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Ashburn, Georgia (Turner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 58
- KENNETH LINDLE OLDHAMPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- DENNIS HUGH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN WILLARD VANSANTCorporal · March 3, 1968
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOMER LEE AKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 46
- ABRAHAM LINCO COLON-PEREZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 49
- DAVID WALTER KNOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 54
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
From Ashburn
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1969
- ROY LESTER MEADOWSSergeant First Class · May 23, 1971
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.