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LOWHMAN SOLON SUTTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – July 30, 1968
Service recordLowhman Solon Sutton, of Claremore, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 37
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 37
- GUIDO FARINAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JERRY LEROY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- FLOYD EUGENE SELLERSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Claremore
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- WAYNE LOUIS BOLTEColonel · April 2, 1972
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.