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JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – October 25, 1968
Service recordJimmy Wayne Hardwick, of Louisa, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisa, Kentucky (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 33
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- ROGELIO LEBRON-MALDONADOSergeant First Class · October 25, 1968
- BILLIE MONROE LONGSergeant · October 25, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD MERRELLSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 31
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 33
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 34
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Louisa
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE RATLIFFPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- CHARLES SPENCER JONESWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 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.