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MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – December 24, 1967
Service recordMichael Bernard Sweeney, of Keene, New Hampshire, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 56
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Keene, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 56
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- MATTHEW JOHN AGUGLIAROPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN BURNSSergeant · December 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MIDDLEKAUFFSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 54
From Keene
- HAROLD KENNETH STEVENS JRLance Corporal · June 8, 1965
- KENNETH ROBERT HALLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 15, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GANLEYLieutenant Colonel · November 24, 1969
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.