Charles David Sharpless
Military
47th Bomb Group - 12th Air Force
Object Number - UPL 47798 - Left to Right: CPT Orville E. Robinson, CPT Charles D. Sharpless, CPT Donald T. Smith, CPT Porter 47th Bomb Group - 12th Air Force
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Engle Field
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilmington, Delaware | 9 January 1914 | |
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Died |
La Fauconnerie, Tunisia | 7 April 1943 | World War II Veteran Captain Charles Sharpless, U.S. Army Air Forces, 29, made the ultimate sacrifice during air operations over North Africa. Charles was flying with the 97th Bombardment Squadron, 47th Bombardment Group (Light) on a mission from their base at Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia against German airfields at La Fauconnerie, Tunisia when he was killed in action. Charles was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in NOV 1940, and in SEP 1942 he was sent overseas - the same month he was promoted to Captain. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart & Air Medal. Charles was a brother of the Delaware Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at University of Delaware. He married Patricia Ann (Wilson) 18 MAY 1941 in Tacoma, WA. (In 1944, she married Trammell Henshaw Hollis; Memorial: 115413973) |
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Buried |
11 June 1943 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot Section 12, Grave 4391 | |
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Other Based |
McChord Army Airfield, Tacoma, Washington |
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