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PRESTON DOUGLAS SHARP
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – March 19, 1970
Service recordPreston Douglas Sharp, of Orange, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 22
- GALEN GEORGE LUDWIGCorporal · March 19, 1970
- PHILLIP WAYNE MEADORPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
- DENNIS GERARD PUGHMajor · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL RICHARDSONCorporal · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 20
- FOSTER LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 21
- GALEN GEORGE LUDWIGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 22
- ROBERT EARL RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 22
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 23
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
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.