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JAMES NEWTON SWEET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1945 – October 17, 1968
Service recordJames Newton Sweet, of South Lima, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- South Lima, New York (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 70
- RALPH OLEN DAUGHERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1968
- THOMAS LEON MCKINZIECorporal · October 17, 1968
- SIDNEY GERALD POLLARDPrivate First Class · October 17, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1968
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.