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JAMES ALLEN HARDMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – November 8, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Hardman, of San Leandro, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 36
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 36
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- GARY RAY COOPERCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COPELANDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOSEPH HERTRICKCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 37
- JOHN EDWIN LUTZEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 37
- ERNEST MELVIN PLATTNERSpecialist Five · Panel 39W, Line 37
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.