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LAWRENCE EDWIN SUTTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1938 – April 1, 1970
Service recordLawrence Edwin Sutton, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 76
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM F STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- BRENT ANTHONY STREETSergeant · April 1, 1970
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE SCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.