Swaim, Daniel Freeman
At 19, LCPL Swaim, Daniel Freeman of YADKINVILLE, NC was serving with the MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3D BN, 6TH MAR, RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in AL QA'IM, IRAQ on November 10, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Swaim, Daniel Freeman of YADKINVILLE, NC, 19 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with I CO, 3D BN, 6TH MAR, RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC at the rank of LCPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On November 10, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Swaim, Daniel Freeman in AL QA'IM, IRAQ. He was 19. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
The MARINE CORPS classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Swaim, Daniel Freeman was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.