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LARRY DEAN SWANEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Swaney, of Wellston, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Wellston, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 21
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS ANDRUSLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES GUST CLITTYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 20
From Wellston
- EDWARD PHILLIP DYEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- MICHAEL P MCCORMICKSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1969
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 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.