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JOHN CHARLES HARDY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 7, 1939 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Hardy, of Troy, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 3, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 47E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Troy, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47E, Line 50
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- GEORGE HARVEY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- FRED RICHARD GLOVERSpecialist Four · April 3, 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.