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HAROLD MORRIS HARDIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – July 25, 1970
Service recordHarold Morris Hardin, of Elk Horn, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Elk Horn, Kentucky (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 51
- WILLIAM AVENER FAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- TIMOTHY MARTIN GREELEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PAUL ANTHONY GREGORYLieutenant · July 25, 1970
- EDWARD DEWEY JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · July 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY MARTIN GREELEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 51
From Elk Horn
- WILLIAM LUTHER OVERSTREETPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
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.