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TOMMY HERMAN SWAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1949 – March 23, 1970
Service recordTommy Herman Swain, of Dahlonega, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Dahlonega, Georgia (Lumpkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- HOWARD GILBERT BENFORDSenior Master Sergeant · December 19, 1969
- RAYMOND EARL OTTSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · March 23, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · Panel 12W, Line 35
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Dahlonega
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
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.