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JAMES CECIL SWANN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1933 – March 4, 1968
Service recordJames Cecil Swann, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 4, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 68
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Darlac Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Darlac Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 68
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.