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JAMES LEE SWAIM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1941 – December 22, 1969
Service recordJames Lee Swaim, of Superior, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Superior, Nebraska (Nuckolls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 84
- DONALD ANTHONY SELKEY JRSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- REYNALDO LEON BARRAGAN JRCorporal · December 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD FORELance Corporal · December 23, 1969
From Superior
- BUEL EDWARD ANDERSENSergeant · April 21, 1969
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 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.