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TED LEROY SHARP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – November 19, 1968
Service recordTed Leroy Sharp, of Ontario, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Ontario, Oregon (Malheur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 13
- JOHN NORMAN REILLY JRCaptain · November 19, 1968
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARMSTEAD JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN FIELDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 10
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Ontario
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
- ROBERT DAWYNE FELLOWSSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SPROULGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 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.