SGT SAMUEL CHARLES THARPE

 
SGT Samuel C. Tharpe (Specialist Four. Pay grade at loss E4) arrived in Vietnam October 19, 1968 and was assigned to A/2-501 IN. KIA: 05/13/1969 (Firebase Airborne). See accounts from the FB Airborne page here.

 

 


Awards & Decorations:

Purple Heart - awarded the Purple Heart (Posthumously) for military merit and for wounds received which resulted in their deaths from multiple fragmentation wounds on FSB Airborne, in the Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam.
National Defense Service
Vietnam Service
Vietnam Campaign Medal

Unit Awards & Citations:

 

 

PHOTOS

Samuel Tharpe on his way to Firebase Whip

 

 

SAMUEL CHARLES THARPE

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service, Bentonville, VA. 101st Airborne Division. Length of service 1 years. His tour began on Oct 19, 1968. Casualty was on May 13, 1969 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM. HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS. Body was recovered. Panel 25W - Line 112

 

 

 

BIRTH 22 Sep 1948
DEATH 13 May 1969 (aged 20), Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam

BURIAL - Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA. MEMORIAL ID 24429293

 

OBITUARY

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