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JACKIE LEE SWINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – October 14, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Swink, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 79
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 ENG CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 79
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 1969
- DONALD HERMON TROTTPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DONALD RAY WASHINGTONFireman · October 14, 1969
- GLENN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 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.