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DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – May 26, 1968
Service recordDouglas Rolland Sutton, of Bryson City, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Bryson City, North Carolina (Swain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 65W, Line 2
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · May 26, 1968
- ROSALIO VALENCIASergeant · May 26, 1968
- ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESENSergeant · May 26, 1968
- FREDRICK H WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · Panel 66W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- ROY LEE BRAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 4
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 5
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 1
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 2
From Bryson City
- JAMES ERVIN LAKEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM TUCK JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
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.