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JOHN DAVID SHARP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordJohn David Sharp, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 92
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 92
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · June 6, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE STORBOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 83
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 91
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 93
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 94
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.