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JOSEPH BRENDAN HART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – February 23, 1971
Service recordJoseph Brendan Hart, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 133
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radar Repairman (26F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 133
- RONALD JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- RICHARD JACOB FRAZIERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
- TERRANCE AKI OGATASpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 132
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- RONALD JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 133
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 135
- VINCENT JOSEPH MEDJESKYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 135
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 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.