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THEODORE ALFRED SWEATT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordTheodore Alfred Sweatt, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 79
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- GENE PAUL STUIFBERGENStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1968
- DANIEL CLINE TEDROWCorporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 72
- GORDON EARL DEGARMOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
- JOHN BURDETTE ULFERSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 80
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.