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JOHN HARLAN SWEET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 6, 1944 – August 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Harlan Sweet, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 5, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 99
- RONALD HUBERT STGERMAINECorporal · August 5, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN SWANPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- DAVID HENRY WILSON IISpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- JOHN LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
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.