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JAMES DAVID SUGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – November 18, 1967
Service recordJames David Suggs, of Eufaula, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Eufaula, Alabama (Barbour County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 20
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · November 18, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- LEONARD B WASHINGTON JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 13
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 19
From Eufaula
- BILLY T HATFIELDCaptain · July 13, 1964
- JERDY ALBERT WRIGHT JRColonel · October 31, 1965
- CHARLES CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
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.