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JOHN ANTHONY SULLIVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1948 – February 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Anthony Sullivan, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 81
- RICHARD LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK LOUIS STECPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- SAMUEL R STEWART IIICaptain · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHY SWEENEYPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- GEORGE JONATHAN HOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 77
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 79
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 82
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.