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JAMES EDWARD SULLINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Sullinger, of Windham, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Windham, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 32
- NAPOLEON ENOCH TALIAFERROPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN THIBAULTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- NATHANIEL THOMASPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 22
- ROBERT DAVID BROCKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 23
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 24
- RALPH HENRY FRANCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES HOYTSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 27
- OSCAR VALENZUELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 33
From Windham
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1966
- JERRY RUSSELL NICHOLSLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- SHERL KENT BONNETTPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.