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EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1949 – June 19, 1969
Service recordEdward Mahlon Hardwick, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 89
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1949
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 89
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 1969
- CALVIN GENE HUNTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 87
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 88
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 95
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 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.