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JOHN FENTON SUGGS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – November 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Fenton Suggs JR, of Farmington, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Farmington, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 24
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- JOHN GLENN SCUCCHIPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- DAVID JOSEPH ULMERStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD ROLLAND GREENEPrivate · Panel 39W, Line 21
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 22
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 24
From Farmington
- BILLY JAY MEADORSpecialist Five · May 13, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · October 11, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
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.