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DAVIS EDWIN HARDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – October 7, 1968
Service recordDavis Edwin Hardy, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 24
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- HILTON HAYES JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EARL POLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 25
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.