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LORAN EDGAR SWEAT JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – April 23, 1970
Service recordLoran Edgar Sweat JR, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 283 MED DET 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 42
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · April 23, 1970
- JOSEPH DONALD POGUEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM SNELSONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1970
- THOMAS DUANE WORRELLance Corporal · April 23, 1970
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
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.