Ernest Harold Sutphin
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Age: 21
From: Parkersburg, W.Va.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Incident: Army Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin died March 18 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained March 11 in a vehicle incident in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Died: March 18, 2004
Army specialist who died in Humvee accident buried in N.C.
Associated Press
GREENSBORO, N.C. — An Army specialist who died after a Humvee accident in Iraq was buried Friday by friends and family who remembered him as a practical joker and proud soldier.
Spc. Ernest Harold Sutphin sustained fatal injuries March 11 when the Humvee he was riding in accidentally slid into a canal and rolled over during a reconnaissance patrol. Five others were injured, none fatally.
Sutphin was flown to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, but was taken off life support a week later. His parents, Jackie Sutphin Piggott and Timothy Holmes, flew to Germany from Greensboro before their son died.
Sutphin served with the 25th Infantry Division, based in Hawaii. He was born in Greensboro — his parents’ hometown — but grew up in Parkersburg, W.Va.
“He was just 21 years old, but he leaves quite a heritage,” said the Rev....