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MATTHEW F SHARPNACK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – November 24, 1967
Service recordMatthew F Sharpnack, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 81
- HECTOR LOPEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMONPetty Officer First Class · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 76
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 79
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 81
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 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.