Name: 1LT James Newton Sweet
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/17/1968 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 23.1
Date of Birth: 09/08/1945
Home City: South Lima, NY
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-161
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 41W-070
Short Summary: Shot down coming out of Con Tien in the DMZ on a MEDEVAC flight. Crashed into a mountain.
Aircraft: CH-46D tail number 154794
Service number: 0102410
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 05/01/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: ST MICHAEL CEMETERY, LIVONIA, NY
This record was last updated on 01/09/1997
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