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BUFORD HARDY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1950 – March 10, 1969
Service recordBuford Hardy, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 102
- CLARENCE EDWARD FETTYStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY HILL JRCorporal · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 10, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · March 10, 1969
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 1969
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
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.