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WILLIAM CARL SUTTON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 5, 1935 – January 28, 1970
Service recordWilliam Carl Sutton, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- May 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Aircraft
- A-1H
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 77
- JOHN ANDREW SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- HOWARD BLANDINOPetty Officer Second Class · January 29, 1970
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 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.