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DEAN WILLIAM HARDMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1949 – September 12, 1970
Service recordDean William Hardman, of Murray, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 57
- BERNARD HERBERT PLASSMEYERFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- LONNIE MELROE SWINSONMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1970
- JOHN WAYNE CANNONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- DEVON MARDIC ENMANSergeant · September 12, 1970
From Murray
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
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.