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BRYAN JAMES SUTTON
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 24, 1933 – March 17, 1971
Service recordBryan James Sutton, of Alhambra, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 56
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 56
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID SCHLUTTERFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HARRY CARLTON KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 55
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · Panel 4W, Line 56
- THOMAS EDWARD TESTORFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 57
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.