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PHILIP DEAN SHARP
Captain · U.S. Army
December 24, 1940 – May 23, 1971
Service recordPhilip Dean Sharp, of Fortuna, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Fortuna, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 52
- TOM ROBERT ADLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GRUBERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LEONARD OUTLAWChief Petty Officer · March 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HENRY DALE ADKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 51
From Fortuna
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUNDMajor · October 4, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1968
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
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.