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Victor Blake Sutton was
born in Indianapolis, IN on Sept. 26, 1941, His parents were
Mrs. Hattie Rez of Elizabeth City, NC and Virgil B. Sutton of
Hollidaysburg, PA. Victor was raised in Hertford, NC and
graduated from Hertford High School in 1959. Following high school
Victor enlisted in the USAF and was trained as a jet aircraft mechanic at
Chanute AFB, graduating in 1960. Victor remained in the USAF
for three years and following his separation in 1963 he enlisted in the US Army.
Following Army
basic training he was assigned to Fort Irwin CA and from there to Fort Rucker for
multi-engine aircraft maintenance training. In September of 1964
Victor was assigned to the 61st Aviation (Caribou) Company and traveled to
Vietnam with the company as a flight engineer. He returned from
Vietnam for reassignment to Fort Rucker as an Instructor in 1966.
On June 6, 1969, SSGT Victor Sutton lost his life at Darlac, South Vietnam. At the time of his death he had served the US Army with distinction for 6 years and the USAF for 3 years. His name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at Panel 23W-Line 9. He was buried in the Berea Church of Christ Cemetery in Hartford, NC on June 17, 1969.
(This information was compiled and contributed by David Sherrill.) |
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a platoon sergeant. |
"Victor was sensitive and kind, very
supportive of his mother who often needed this support. He was also our success
story: A high school graduate who made it on his own, as children we had a hard
life. He joined the Air Force straight out of high school to try and find a life
for himself. His first tour in Viet Nam was while he was in the Air Force. He
was a crewman on the transport plane, the Caribou. He came home and tried
to make it in the civilian world but ended up returning to the military, this
time the Army. He met his wife Kay and had two years of happiness before he
died in Viet Nam. Victor is the middle child of a family of five kids. He
was also the one I turned to when I needed someone to share my own pain." |
