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JOSEPH LESLIE HART
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1924 – February 25, 1967
Service recordJoseph Leslie Hart, of Afton, Wyoming, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 25, 1967, in Laos, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 ACO SQ
- Born
- September 11, 1924
- Home of record
- Afton, Wyoming (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 90
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENCEROYPrivate · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT HOWARD GRANOFFPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JOSEPH E GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- ARTHUR ANTHONY JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1967
From Afton
- ALMA JACK STUMPPPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
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.