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STEPHEN ALLEN SHARP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – August 16, 1970
Service recordStephen Allen Sharp, of Sebree, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Sebree, Kentucky (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 August 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 117
- RAUL RIVERASpecialist Four · August 16, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS SCHOFIELDStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- GARY LEE WASHENIKStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN ATERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1970
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.