Clarence D. McSwain
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Age: 31
From: Meridian, Miss.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Clarence D. McSwain died June 8 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.
Died: June 08, 2006
Meridian soldier was ‘one of the good guys’
By Holbrook Mohr
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. — Army Sgt. 1st Class Clarence D. McSwain of Meridian was a proud soldier on his third tour in Iraq when he was killed last week, a family member said on Monday.
The 31-year-old McSwain died in Baghdad last Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy, the Department of Defense said.
He had met his 4-month-old son only once, his sister, Ashley McSwain, told The Associated Press during a telephone interview on Monday.
“He loved his family so hard. Nothing came before his family,” Ashley McSwain said. “He made his presence known all over the place because he didn’t mind sharing what he had. It’s just bad that the world had to lose him because he was one of the good guys.”
McSwain believed he was protecting his family and his country by serving in the Middle East, Ashley McSwain said. This was his fifth...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen