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JAMES KENNETH SUTTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1941 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJames Kenneth Sutton, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 59
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 60 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 59
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- WILLIE FRANKLIN SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES ELROY TITUSSergeant · February 25, 1969
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
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.