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ROBERT ERNEST SHARPE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1951 – January 15, 1971
Service recordRobert Ernest Sharpe, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 47
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Lake Oswego, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 47
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ZEYENSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- CHARLES RAY BESSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 45
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MALENFANTSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 46
From Lake Oswego
- DAVID BRUCE BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
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.