Lester Keith Sweat

Korean War
Service #AO-1908971
Unit522 FTR ESCORT SQ 27 FTR ESCORT GP
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathJune 1 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Sweat was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Sweat was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 522nd Fighter-Escort Squadron, 27th Fighter-Escort Wing. On June 1, 1951, while on a combat mission of dropping napalm near Mundung-ni, North Korea, his aircraft crashed into a hillside. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.