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LUFKIN SCOTT SHARP
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1941 – June 19, 1968
Service recordLufkin Scott Sharp, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 2
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- July 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 2
- JOHN VINCENT QUINTALSergeant · June 19, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SISLERSergeant · June 19, 1968
- BOBBY DWAYNE STANLEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
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.