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JAMES ANDREW SWANCY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – September 23, 1967
Service recordJames Andrew Swancy, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 4
- CLAUDE ALLEN SMITHLance Corporal · September 23, 1967
- ELISEO A ANDRADE JRFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1967
- GORDON JOSEPH BRULE JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- WALTER BURNSStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1967
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 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.