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LOUIS SUTERA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1945 – December 30, 1967
Service recordLouis Sutera JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 5
- CLARENCE MATTUE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE STILLEYSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- SMITH SWORDS IIIColonel · December 30, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 2
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 2
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 3
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 4
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 6
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.