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LEE WESLEY SWAIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1942 – August 18, 1968
Service recordLee Wesley Swain JR, of Alpine, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 49
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
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Alpine, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL STJOHNLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LEON THOMASSergeant · August 18, 1968
- WALLACE OLDHAM TRAVERS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Alpine
- EDWARD LEWIS NIXSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
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.