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RONALD MARTIN SUTTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1944 – March 18, 1966
Service recordRonald Martin Sutton, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6E, Line 22
- DANIEL GILBERT STANDS JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- JAMES S WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT HAL CORLEYCorporal · March 19, 1966
- MARK FERRELL JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 20
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 21
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.