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JOHN EARL SWEESY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1947 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Earl Sweesy, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 33
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID VERBILLAPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES GORDON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.