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WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1948 – July 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Sutton, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 116
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 116
- RAYMOND EDWARD STERRYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- PETER GEORGE TALMON IIILance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.