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JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJames Lawrence Suydam, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 124
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 9, 1969
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 124
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · October 9, 1969
- DONNY LYNN TUCKERLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- FRANK LEONARD WILSONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1970
- ROBERT WADE BRUNSONCaptain · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FIELDS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 55
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- RAYMOND GREGORY MOORESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 123
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.