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ROGER WILLIAM SWEET
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1949 – December 14, 1970
Service recordRoger William Sweet, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 122
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 122
- PAUL WAYNE BURNETTSergeant · December 15, 1970
- CARROLL JOSEPH DEUSOMaster Chief Petty Officer · December 15, 1970
- RALPH THEODORE GLIMSpecialist Four · December 15, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD GRIFFIN IISergeant · December 15, 1970
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.