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JAMES RAY SWANGO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – June 17, 1970
Service recordJames Ray Swango, of Connersville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 61
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Connersville, Indiana (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 61
- WAYNE CHARLES MOUSELSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- MARION DEWAINE OVERBEYSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- MICHAEL SHELDON SPEARSergeant · June 17, 1970
From Connersville
- CHARLES JEFFREY MARTINLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- KENNETH MARCUMCorporal · August 11, 1969
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 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.