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John Evan Sutton was born in 1900 in Schenectady, New York, the son of William and Cora Sutton. He enlisted in the New York National Guard. He was assigned to Company F, 2nd Infantry Division, and held the rank of Private. On December 7, 1917, John died suddenly while ice skating on the Mohawk River. He is buried in Park View Cemetery, Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon