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GERALD LEROY THARP
Private · U.S. Army
January 27, 1943 – March 12, 1969
Service recordGerald Leroy Tharp, of Martinsville, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 25
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Illinois (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 25
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- TYRONE GARY THOMANSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- TOMMY LEE TRIMBLESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 17
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 18
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 18
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 24
From Martinsville
- RHONDAL GENE CLAYPOOLSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · April 23, 1968
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.