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WILLIAM A SHARPE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – April 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam A Sharpe JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 109
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 109
- DONALD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · April 8, 1970
- LAWRENCE GREGORY THODEFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 106
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 109
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.