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VICTOR BLAKE SUTTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1941 – June 6, 1969
Service recordVictor Blake Sutton, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 92
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · June 6, 1969
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · June 6, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE STORBOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 86
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.