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ARTHUR LAVERN SUTTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – November 7, 1970
Service recordArthur Lavern Sutton, of Canton, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Oklahoma (Blaine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 44
- RAYMOND CHARLES HUOT JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1970
- ANDREW STARRETT PIERCE JRCorporal · November 7, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- HERMINIO GENOVA CENTENOSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
From Canton
- TERRY ENGLEBERT MOOREPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.