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DONALD JEANE SWEAT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1940 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDonald Jeane Sweat, of Vidor, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Vidor, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 41
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 4, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN YERIONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- DONALD EDWARD NIPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 40
From Vidor
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 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.