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CHARLES DENNIS SHARPE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordCharles Dennis Sharpe, of Almont, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Almont, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 100
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- JERRY LYNN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
- ROY JASPER SNYDERCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEON GOSSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 97
- RODNEY WAYNE WILSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 101
From Almont
- JOSEPH HENRY MARSHALL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1971
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.