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PAUL EUGENE SWIM
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1919 – May 8, 1966
Service recordPaul Eugene Swim, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 41
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 18, 1919
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 41
- JESUS LOPEZ RAMOS JRSergeant · May 7, 1966
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH TUMINOSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- JOHN BACOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- WILLIAM D SIZEMORESergeant First Class · June 28, 1967
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.