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Harold "Sparky" Sutphin

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Title

Harold "Sparky" Sutphin

Subject

Sutphin, Harold
Korean War, 1950-1953

Description

A picture of Harold "Sparky" Sutphin. It appeared in the Shenandoah Herald when they reported he had been killed in action on November 9, 1950. He was 20 years old.

Harold had deployed to Korea as part of 38th Infantry Division which was operating in North Korea at the time. Sutphin is buried somewhere in that country. He was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence Sutphin, two sisters, a grandmother, and his wife Mureta. They had been married on May 9th.

Creator

Shenandoah Herald

Source

Shenandoah Valley-Herald Newspaper Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

November 9, 1950

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Type

Photograph

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph, newspaper

Citation

Shenandoah Herald , “Harold "Sparky" Sutphin,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11400.

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