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PAUL EUGENE SWIGART JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 28, 1944 – February 5, 1969
Service recordPaul Eugene Swigart JR, of Seal Beach, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 69
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 24 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Seal Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 69
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- HUGH LESLIE SHERBURNTechnical Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 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.