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EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordEugene Morgan Sutton JR, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 63E, Line 18
- HENRY JACKSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- LON BARRY EWINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STANLEY A SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 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.