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THOMAS BOYD SHARP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1942 – April 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Boyd Sharp, of Belton, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 88
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Belton, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 88
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROYSTERSergeant · April 25, 1967
- EDWARD GERALD SHARPEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE DOOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ROYCE LATIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 86
- JAMES V LAWLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 86
- JOSEPH M LINGLE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 86
- RICHARD CHESTER PRATTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 87
From Belton
- WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCESpecialist Four · May 14, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · May 26, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ALBERT CHARLES SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 4, 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.