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WILLIAM EARL SUTTLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – July 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Earl Suttle, of Prattville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 3
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- LUIS TORRES-SERRANOSergeant · July 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTIWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
From Prattville
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.