THE WALL OF FACES

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

PFC Charles Michael Swaim is buried in Garden 45, lot 32, grave 5 of the Roseland Park Cemetery in Berkley, MI.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Dear PFC Charles Swaim, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Flag Day is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

PFC Charles M. Swaim was a rifleman serving with Headquarters & Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. On February 10, 1967, PFC Swain was on a patrol with Marine S2 (intelligence) scouts in support of the 3rd Marine Division conducting area surveillance and reconnaissance six miles southeast of Phong Dien in Thua Thien Province, RVN. At approximately 10:55 AM, Swaim ran into a pull-wire on a 250 lb. bomb rigged as a land mine. He was killed instantly in the blast; another Marine on the patrol was seriously wounded. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and Division Unit Journal (3rd Marine Division), February 1967 at ttu.edu]

Semper Fi Marine.