Freedom Remembered

Born: November 15, 1988 in Dalton, Georgia
Died: July 2, 2009 in Helmand, Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Charles ‘Seth’ Sharp of Adairsville, Georgia attended Adairsville High School where he was a member of the football team his freshman year. Known to everyone by his middle name, Seth was an avid fan of sports of all kinds. He wanted more than anything to serve in the military, and so he joined the Marine Corps at age seventeen with is parents permission. Seth chose the Marines because he said it’s the toughest, and he wanted to see if he could make it. He said he wanted to fight for those who couldn’t fight for themselves. Anyone that knew Seth, could tell you that when he put his mind to something, he would do it. It was that kind of conviction that made him a good Marine. They could also tell you that he always thought of others before himself. Seth’s unit was deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2009 and scheduled for a seven to 12-month rotation. Seth had previously been deployed to Iraq. While in Iraq, he asked for coloring books and crayons for Christmas for the children he’d met in Iraq. Seth and his fiancee’ Katie were planning to marry after his tour in Afghanistan finished in December 2009. The pair had known each other since they were small children and Seth wanted to enroll in college and settle down. Shortly before Seth went on a mission into Afghanistan’s Helmand province, he wrote a letter to his grandmother. He told her that he would soon be fighting in a mission his grandchildren would learn about in history class. Seth was among some 4,000 Marines deployed by helicopter and armored transport throughout the volatile Helmand River valley in an effort to counter the Taliban insurgency. Just days after he mailed the letter, Seth died in that battle. He was the first Marine killed in the offensive. He is survived by his mother Angie Sharp, his father and stepmother Rick and Tiffany Sharp. He was killed at age 20 during Operation Strike of the Sword in Afghanistan. The city of Adairsville honored Seth during its Fourth of July celebration in 2010 by renaming a street in his honor. The dedication took place during a memorial service at New Life Ministries. During the service, city and county dignitaries honored Seth by co-naming Old Georgia US 41 South and Old Dixie Highway Seth Sharp Memorial Highway.
Marines
Company E
2nd Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Burial is at East View Cemetery in Adairsville, Georgia

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