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JOHN EDGAR HARDIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1940 – October 26, 1966
Service recordJohn Edgar Hardin, of North Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 17, 1940
- Home of record
- North Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 110
- WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY JRLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- JOHN BENNETT GEISEN JRSergeant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES KENNETH GRAYSeaman · October 26, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
From North Tazewell
- GARY DUANE COCHRANSergeant · May 8, 1971
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.