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EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – January 4, 1968
Service recordEugene Frederick Sweet JR, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 42
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
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 42
- RUBEN BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM SORENSENPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- FRANK OLIVARES TABOADAPrivate · January 4, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Portsmouth
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTERCaptain · October 26, 1966
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE SUCCICorporal · March 14, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CLYDE DOUGLAS ALLOWAYTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 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.