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EARL WATSON THARP JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – June 26, 1970
Service recordEarl Watson Tharp JR, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 97
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN PETRIECaptain · June 26, 1970
- WALLACE ROBERTSSergeant First Class · June 26, 1970
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 93
- GARY LEE FLECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 97
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 1970
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.