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TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1946 – December 24, 1967
Service recordTravis Robert Sutton, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL NEALONLance Corporal · December 24, 1967
- RONALD ALLEN PARSONSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- LARRY WENDELL PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- VERNIE HOMER POWERSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
From Andalusia
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
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.