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PAUL ARNOLD THARP
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 15, 1950 – July 1, 1970
Service recordPaul Arnold Tharp, of Kirklin, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Kirklin, Indiana (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 109
- TERRY ALAN MOTEFirst Lieutenant · July 1, 1970
- WALTER MARTIN PUCHALSKICorporal · July 1, 1970
- JOHNNY ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- LARRY RAY BRENNERSergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH GLADUSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
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.