Marine Lance Cpl. James E. Swain
Death: Nov 15, 2004
of Kokomo Ind.; assigned to the Headquarters Battalion 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton Calif.; killed Nov. 15 by enemy action in Anbar province Iraq. Scholarship named in honor of Marine killed in Iraq Associated Press KOKOMO Ind. — A Kokomo High School graduate who died in Iraq has a new scholarship named in his honor. The Kokomo-Center School Board established Monday the James Swain Scholarship Fund. It accepted an initial donation of $3705 from the Marine’s family and Kokomo High School teachers. Lance Cpl. Swain20 died Nov. 15 in Fallujah Iraq from small-arms fire. He was the third Kokomo native to die in Iraq. Corporation coordinator of fiscal services Gerri Smalling said the scholarship will go to a Kokomo High School graduate who shows exemplary traits of providing community service. Swain was a 2002 honors graduate of Kokomo High School and was the son of Daniel and Mona Swain of Kokomo.