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DAVID ARTHUR SWEET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – January 17, 1970
Service recordDavid Arthur Sweet, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 40
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 40
- CHARLES JACK GIRARDBrigadier General · January 17, 1970
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL JENNINGSColonel · January 17, 1970
- JAMES EARL LAKINSSergeant · January 17, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 40
- JAMES EARL LAKINSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 40
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 40
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.