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LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1933 – July 7, 1968
Service recordLeonard Cosby Sharpley, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1933
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 39
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- DAVID JACKSON SHARPSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · July 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ERNEST SINGERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 36
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.