2LT Ronald Steven Sweet, Des Moines, IA on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Ronald Steven Sweet

Second Lieutenant
D CO, 11TH ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Des Moines, Iowa
July 18, 1943 to September 13, 1967
RONALD S SWEET is on the Wall at Panel 26E, Line 68

Ronald S Sweet

2LT RONALD STEVEN SWEET

25 Jun 2002
Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.
From the Navy Hymn
("Eternal Father")
REMEMBERED
by the men of the
11th Engineer Battalion

A Note from The Virtual Wall
The 11th Engineers supported Marine forces at various locations, including Fire Support Base C-2 in northern Quang Tri Province. The 11th Engineer's Command Chronology for September 1967 includes the following entry:
"13 Sept 1967: At 0755H, M-16 wire tripped by friendly personnel C-2, resulting in one KIA, one WIA med evac and two WIA non-med evac. The med evac later died of wounds received."
The two men who died as a result of the accidental detonation were

2ndLt Ronald S. Sweet, Des Moines, IA, and
SSgt James W. Savage, Townsend, VA (DoW 09/20/1967).

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Eternal Father, grant, we pray, To all Marines, both night and day, The courage, honor, strength, and skill Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill; Be thou the shield forevermore From every peril to the Corps. From the Navy Hymn("Eternal Father")

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.
From the Navy Hymn
("Eternal Father")