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JOHN HARGETT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1929 – January 5, 1967
Service recordJohn Hargett JR, of Shirley, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Shirley, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 116
- TERRY GRANT FEGELYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
- WILLIAM F JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- CLEO LARRY LEVANGPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
- JIMMY ALLEN MILLERSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY GRANT FEGELYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 116
From Shirley
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.