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SYLVESTER SWINFORD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1943 – May 29, 1966
Service recordSylvester Swinford JR, of Potts Camp, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Potts Camp, Mississippi (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 123
- JAMES HERBERT STEWART JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD WALKERLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BARRYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 115
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 116
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 116
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DARREL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DONALD JERRY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 119
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 119
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 120
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WALLACE EDWARD PILSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- ROGER ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 122
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 124
From Potts Camp
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
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.