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RONALD STEVEN SWEET
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1943 – September 13, 1967
Service recordRonald Steven Sweet, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 68
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Engineer, Construction, And Equipment Off (I) (1301)
- Born
- July 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 68
- DAVID LEON STRAITLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · September 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.