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DERRELL KEITH SHARP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1942 – August 15, 1966
Service recordDerrell Keith Sharp, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Mississippi (Neshoba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 10
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
From Philadelphia
- TOM KERMIT TINGLEStaff Sergeant · April 10, 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.