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R C EARL SWEETEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1929 – November 12, 1969
Service recordR C Earl Sweeten, of Sulphur, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Sulphur, Oklahoma (Sulphur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 67
- DONALD OLIVER FONZIMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- HARRY WINFIELD SMITHMajor · November 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 62
From Sulphur
- GEORGE LESLIE HORSMAN IIMajor · January 6, 1968
- FORREST CLIFFORD CHILDSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
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.