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TROY NELSON SITTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – February 6, 1969
Service recordTroy Nelson Sitton, of Hugo, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 74
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Hugo, Oklahoma (Choctaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 74
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1969
- MARK SIEDENTOPFSeaman · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES LEE SUTHARD JRSergeant · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS DOUGLASSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 71
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 71
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 72
- MISTER REDDIX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 73
- RODNEY DALE WISESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 75
From Hugo
- JOSH CAIN NOAHSergeant · November 20, 1967
- RAY GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
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.