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JAMES ALBERT SWARTZ JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordJames Albert Swartz JR, of Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 85
- CHARLES E SUPRENANT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- STEVE WARREN TRAINFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS VASPORYSergeant · April 2, 1970
From Elliottsburg
- CLARENCE DAVID SHEIBLEYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- CLAUDE BRUCE LANDIS IISergeant · October 26, 1969
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.