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GEORGE BUSTER SULLENS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – November 1, 1967
Service recordGeorge Buster Sullens JR, of Pryor, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Pryor, Oklahoma (Mayes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 5
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · November 1, 1967
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS STEPHEN RICHARDSLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY DIEBALLSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 2
From Pryor
- MARTIN NELSON TULLCaptain · May 19, 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.