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EMERY CAPERS SULLIVAN III
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – September 11, 1967
Service recordEmery Capers Sullivan III, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 26E, Line 58
- DOW E STEPPLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- JAMES DAVID TRAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THOMAS FINCHPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- STEPHEN ROMO FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES PAYNESergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 55
- DAVIES LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 56
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.