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JOHN EDWARD SWEENEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – July 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Sweeney, of East Poultney, Vermont, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- East Poultney, Vermont (Rutland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four 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 51W, Line 9
- JOHN ASHLEY TEMPLETONSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1968
- KURT EUGENE WARDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- HARRISON E WOEHNKER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD BROSIUSMaster Sergeant · July 19, 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.