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HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1942 – June 5, 1965
Service recordHugh John Sullivan JR, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 131
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SHOEMAKERPetty Officer Second Class · June 5, 1965
From Allentown
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 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.