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DONN LAFAYETTE SWEET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1942 – July 25, 1968
Service recordDonn Lafayette Sweet, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 40 ARTY I FF
- Born
- July 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 10
- THOMAS ALBERT LUTGESergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- JOHNNIE BRUCE SEWELLCorporal · July 25, 1968
- RICHARD STANLEY SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.