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RONNIE SHARPE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1951 – November 20, 1971
Service recordRonnie Sharpe, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 71
- KEVIN JEFFREY HAUGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE ALTUSCaptain · November 23, 1971
- EUGENE RICHARD JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · November 23, 1971
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DAVID BOWLENPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 69
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
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.