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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