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TIMOTHY JAMES SWEENEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1953 – September 23, 1972
Service recordTimothy James Sweeney, of Romeoville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1953
- Home of record
- Romeoville, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 74
- CHARLES WILLIAM GACHESSpecialist Five · May 24, 1972
- MICHAEL STEPHEN TUROSEFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1972
- THOMAS ONEAL ZORN JRCaptain · September 17, 1972
- ROGER WILLIAM CARROLL JRMajor · September 21, 1972
- DWIGHT WILLIAM COOKFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1972
From Romeoville
- CHARLES LLOYD MORRISONHospitalman · February 6, 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.