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HARVEY JOSEPH MCSWAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – August 15, 1967
Service recordHarvey Joseph McSwain, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 115
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN NOLANFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- VALENTINE DANIEL UNCAPHERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- HENRY ORLANDO VIGILCorporal · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE COACHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 112
- BRIAN FRANCIS WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 116
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.