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FREDERICK N SUTTLE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 27, 1945 – June 2, 1972
Service recordFrederick N Suttle JR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 34
- BARTLEY ALLEN WALLACESergeant First Class · May 31, 1972
- MONT STEVE SMOOTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1972
- JOE WOFFORD EUBANKSCaptain · June 2, 1972
- HAROLD DANA JONESMajor · June 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOE WOFFORD EUBANKSCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 34
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.