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BURTON IRVING SHARP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordBurton Irving Sharp, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 164 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 49
- THOMAS ALAN RONALDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.