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JAMES EDWARD SUTHERLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – April 2, 1971
Service recordJames Edward Sutherland, of Garberville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 101
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Garberville, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 101
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
- GLENN LEE HATAFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT MEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 2, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL YOUNGERMANPrivate · April 2, 1971
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.