Editing Frank Sutton (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Clarksville, Tennessee]], Sutton developed an interest in acting, playing his first role at age nine and also starring in the drama club at [[East Nashville High School]], where he graduated in 1941. He later said, "The first time I walked out on a stage, I had a warm feeling. I knew then I wanted to be an actor."<ref name="si">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0V5QAAAAIBAJ&pg=1804%2C3983614 |title=Gomer's Sgt. Carter, Frank Sutton, Dead |date=June 29, 1974 |newspaper=[[Evening Independent|St. Petersburg Independent]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=14-A |access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref>

After high school, Sutton returned to Clarksville to become a radio announcer. During [[World War II]], he volunteered for service in the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]], but he was medically rejected due to his [[color blindness]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MsgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4618,651704&dq=jim+nabors |title=Visiting the Real War |last=Handsaker |first=Gene |date=August 21, 1966 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |page=4 |access-date=November 22, 2008}}{{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Desert Sun">{{cite news| title=Imagine! Gomer Pyle Victim of 'Snafu'| newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]]| location=Palm Springs| date=January 5, 1965| first=Peggy| last=Polk| agency=[[United Press International]]| via=California Digital Newspaper Collection| url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19650105.2.59&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1| access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> He then enlisted in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] and served in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|South Pacific]], taking part in 14 assault landings.<ref name="Desert Sun"/> Sutton was a [[Sergeant#United States|sergeant]] who served from 1943 to 1946 in the [[6th Infantry Division (United States)|6th Infantry Division]]'s 293rd Joint Assault Signal Company.<ref>https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.webapp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=372583&binder=true</ref>

===Combat and Non-Combat Operations===
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*1944-1945 Leyte Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of Leyte
*1944-1945 WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Luzon Campaign (1944-45)
*1945-1945 Luzon Campaign (1944-45)/Battle for Recapture of Bataan
*1945-1945 Luzon Campaign (1944-45)/Battle for Manila
*1945-1946 US Occupation of South Korea

===Military awards and decorations===
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| colspan="4"| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Army Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Phliber rib.svg|width=106}}
|-
|colspan="3"|[[File:Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.png|100px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! 1st Row
| colspan="6"| [[Bronze Star Medal]]
| colspan="6"| [[Purple Heart]]
|-
! 2nd Row
| colspan="4"| [[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Army Good Conduct Medal]]
| colspan="4"| [[American Campaign Medal]]
| colspan="4"| [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]] with two service stars
|-
! 3rd Row
| colspan="4"| [[World War II Victory Medal]]
| colspan="4"| [[Army of Occupation Medal]]
| colspan="4"| [[Philippine Liberation Medal]]
|-
| colspan="10"| [[Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation]]
|-
|}