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ROBERT MICHAEL SWEENEY
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1930 – December 31, 1965
Service recordRobert Michael Sweeney, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 47
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD ALLENLance Corporal · January 1, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.