PFC Melvin Harold Suthons (1944-1965)

PFC Melvin Harold Suthons Veteran

Birth

3 Feb 1944

Welland, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Death

18 Jun 1965 (aged 21)

Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam, Vietnam

Burial

Pleasantview Memorial Gardens

Fonthill, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map

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Private First Class
United States Marine Corps
3rd PLT, G CO, 2nd BN, 3rd MARINES,
3rd MARDIV, III MAF
Serial no. 2099145
Age 21
Marital status: Single
Religion: Protestant
Home of record: Canada
Casualty type: Hostile, died
Gun, small arms fire
Ground casualty
Body recovered
Recipient of Purple Heart

Honored on Panel 02E, Line 013 of
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

He is also listed on The North Wall
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in Windsor, Ontario

PFC Suthons was killed while on a combat patrol, 9 kilometers west northwest of
Nam-O-Bridge, Quang Nam Province.
(Thanks to Tony #47235247 for this information.)

*Thanks to Candy for the grave photo
*Thanks to Victor Vilionis #47207612 for links to parents

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