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CHARLES DAVID HARDIE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1940 – July 27, 1967
Service recordCharles David Hardie, of Houston, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAH 4 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- September 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAH 4 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 6
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- JACK WILLARD FINCHUMLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE FLANINGAMCorporal · July 27, 1967
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE MERLE PATTERSONEnsign · Panel 24E, Line 9
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.