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GUST J SHARLOW
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 19, 1938 – January 12, 1967
Service recordGust J Sharlow, of Cloquet, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 12, 1967, in Thailand, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Cloquet, Minnesota (Carlton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 18
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS COLLINS SHEAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- KENNETH LEN SHUFFITTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
From Cloquet
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE HERBERT GOLBERGColonel · August 8, 1966
- FRANCIS LESLIE SETTERQUISTCaptain · August 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.