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BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – November 22, 1968
Service recordBruce Robert J N Sweeney, of Freeport, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- RICHARD C SWIFTMajor · November 22, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM TAJCHMANSpecialist Five · November 22, 1968
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
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.