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DAVID JACKSON SHARP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – July 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Jackson Sharp, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 39
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEYSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · July 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ERNEST SINGERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH DICKEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 33
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 35
- IVORY HILL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 35
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 40
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 41
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.