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LAURENCE CHRIST SUTTLEHAN
Major · U.S. Army
February 6, 1934 – November 8, 1967
Service recordLaurence Christ Suttlehan, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 244 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1934
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “244 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 54
- DARREL EUGENE PRUETTPrivate · November 8, 1967
- GARY WALTER SCHMITTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- THOMAS LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- ALFRED C SPRINGFIELD JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 50
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.