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MILTON TRUMAN SWAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordMilton Truman Swain, of Carthage, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 76
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Carthage, Mississippi (Leake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM F STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- BRENT ANTHONY STREETSergeant · April 1, 1970
- LAWRENCE EDWIN SUTTONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 66
- DON RAY HEIMARKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 71
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 74
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Carthage
- JOHN FOSTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LURIEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · March 1, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MALONESergeant · April 28, 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.