Herbert Hoover Sweat, Jr

Corporal
25TH INF PLT (SCOUT DOG), 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
15 August 1948 - 21 February 1969
Palatka, Florida
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USARV

WAR DOG UNITS
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Herbert Hoover Sweat, Jr

03 Aug 2006

A Life's Deed Not To Be Forgotten

Our company, Wild Card C/2/12th Cav, First Cav,
was on operations outside of LZ Grant in Tay Ninh
Province. On February 21, 1969 we had requested
a dog and his handler to walk point.

CPL Herbert Hoover Sweat, Jr. and his
German Shepherd were assigned to our company.
While walking point for our company the dog froze
and alerted CPL Sweat to danger.

The alert triggered an NVA hail of bullets and explosions, and the next moment CPL Sweat was fatally shot, and died instantly. The slack man was wounded by a bullet that went through CPL Sweat. He survived and later returned to C Company. The big black dog was wounded and medevaced with PFC Sweat's body.

By foiling an ambush and alerting the rest of C Company, CPL Sweat and his dog saved many lives that day. CPL Sweat was 20 years old.

CPL Herbert Hoover Sweat, Jr.
KIA February 21, 1969
25th Infantry Platoon - Scout Dog
Assigned as Dog Handler with
C 2/12 Cav
First Air Cavalry Division

From a member of Co C 2nd 12th Cav First Cav on Feb 21, 1969.
E-mail address is not available.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The Vietnam Dog Handlers Association memorial indicates that Corporal Sweat was assigned to the 34th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog). Both the 25th and 34th IPSDs served with the 1st Cavalry Division, but records in the Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii and Saigon Mortuary databases say Cpl Sweat was with the 25th IPSD.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 03 Aug 2006
Last updated 08/10/2009