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RICHARD DENNIS SHARP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1946 – October 30, 1965
Service recordRichard Dennis Sharp, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- 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
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 8
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- SAMUEL ADAMSChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
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.