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FRED DOUGLAS HARDY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1941 – December 8, 1966
Service recordFred Douglas Hardy, of Pasadena, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 21
- CHARLES DEWAYNE DAMSGARDPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- MICHAEL THORNTON FOUSTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- GARY LEE HARBINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
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.