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DERRICK SUDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordDerrick Sudler, of Cambridge, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Maryland (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 106
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · May 5, 1970
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLESergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- JOHN ARTHUR WHITESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Cambridge
- EARL MACKSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.