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JOHN ANTHONY SUNIGA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1951 – July 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Anthony Suniga JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 50
- WILLIAM LELON SAWYER JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSONSpecialist Five · July 24, 1970
- WILTSE LEE WEBERCaptain · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1970
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.