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RICHARD DONALD SWEET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordRichard Donald Sweet, of Crystal, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Crystal, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 2
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · May 4, 1969
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 112
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 1
From Crystal
- PAUL CONRAD JOHNSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
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.