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HUBERT DANIEL SUTTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – October 5, 1969
Service recordHubert Daniel Sutton, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 40
- GARCIA RAFAEL BERRIOSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS DAGRELLAPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- WILFORD LYNN DONOHOPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- GARY STEVEN POSSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 38
- ROCKY D ARMSTEADWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 39
- STEVEN ERNEST ARNOLDSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 39
From Attleboro
- JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKICorporal · December 18, 1965
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 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.