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CLAUDE WILLIAM THARP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1925 – January 19, 1966
Service recordClaude William Tharp, of Bedford, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1925
- Home of record
- Bedford, Kentucky (Trimble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 79
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LEANDREW SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 79
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 80
From Bedford
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · June 19, 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.