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JOSEPH EDWARD HARDEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – December 8, 1969
Service recordJoseph Edward Hardee, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 38
- JIMMY LEE FOMBYPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT HANCOCKCorporal · December 8, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 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.