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CHARLES HERBERT HARDISON
Private · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordCharles Herbert Hardison, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 41
- JAMES STUART HATHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GLEN MICHAEL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK JAWOROWICZCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 43
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 44
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Franklin
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1969
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.