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JAMES THOMAS SUTTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1948 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Sutton, of Ortonville, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Ortonville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 34
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VENNARDCorporal · April 17, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES VICKS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
From Ortonville
- THOMAS ALAN SHERMANSergeant · January 4, 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.