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NORMAN ROGER SWEAT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 8, 1933 – October 6, 1969
Service recordNorman Roger Sweat, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 46
- GEOFFREY JOHN LUKEYLance Corporal · October 6, 1969
- CARY DUANE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS WARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
- TROY DEAN WILHITESergeant · October 6, 1969
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 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.