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JOHN PAUL SHARPLESS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – June 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Paul Sharpless, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 100
- JAMES ALLEN WIMMERSergeant · June 27, 1970
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- TERRELL ROBERT GALBREATHStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR MCGINNSergeant · June 28, 1970
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.