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HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordHerbert Hoover Sweat JR, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 74
- PETER STEVEN TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- GEORGE DONALD TINKOSeaman · February 21, 1969
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- EVERETT NELSON WILSHERSpecialist Five · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JAMES CORBINSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 70
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
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.