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CLARENCE JOSEPH SWEENEY
Captain · U.S. Army
January 11, 1933 – February 7, 1967
Service recordClarence Joseph Sweeney, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1933
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 7
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- GEORGE KENTON SISLERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1967
- RODGER CLAYBORN SNYDERSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE STIGERMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL J MCGILVARY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 6
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.