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SUTTON MOBLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordSutton Mobley JR, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 38
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MORANCorporal · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 32
- JOHN WILLIAM MORANCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 38
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
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.