KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

SGT James Walter Sharp

Remains Accounted For January 10 2017
57th Field Artillery Battalion (105MM)
B BTRY
Army
Hostile, Died While Missing (MIA)
Date Of Loss: December 2, 1950
Date Of Identification: January 10, 2017
Service Number: RA35081641
Born: January 13, 1926
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Whetstone, West Virginia
Location Or Battle Zone: Chosin Reservoir
Town Or Area: Eastern Shore Area
Burial Location
West Virginia National Cemetery

Comments: Sergeant Sharp was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Hagaru, North Korea on December 6, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Originally from West Virginia, enlisted in Oklahoma. His remains were reported Accounted For on January 10, 2017. More information as it becomes available. Actual date of capture or death reported to be on or about December 2, 1950, during the attempted breakout by Task Force Faith.

Son of Walter Sharp and Katherine Sharp.

Final Disposition Date: December 6, 1950
Korean War Project Key No: 27134

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