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JACK B SUTPHEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJack B Sutphen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 35
- PETER GARY NASHPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- NORMAN LEE TINKERSergeant · January 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 30
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOHN JOSEPH FODENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35E, Line 31
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.