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ERNEST DWIGHT HART JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1945 – June 17, 1971
Service recordErnest Dwight Hart JR, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 79
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 79
- WAYNE JAMES BILLEAUDSpecialist Five · June 17, 1971
- DAVID LEE CURTISSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
- HAROLD EUGENE IMLER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
- TERRY LEON KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.