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DENNIS LEE SUTTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1945 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Sutton, of Vallejo, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 22
- MICHAEL WAYNE SIMONLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALAN STOKESCorporal · June 5, 1968
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES OLIVER ELLSWORTHSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 16
- AUGUST GONSALVES JRSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 17
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.