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LAREST CLENNON SUTTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1946 – November 22, 1969
Service recordLarest Clennon Sutton, of Riegelwood, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 500 ENG CO 79 ENG BN 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Riegelwood, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 111
- DAVID WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- LESZEK A KULACZKOWSKICorporal · November 23, 1969
From Riegelwood
- NATHAN LARRY LEESpecialist Four · May 11, 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.