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JOSEPH LESTER HART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – March 29, 1970
Service recordJoseph Lester Hart, of Los Altos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Altos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 56
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEYSergeant · March 29, 1970
- PAUL EUGENE HARVEYPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
From Los Altos
- MICHAEL CHARLES DELACYCorporal · November 16, 1965
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- JAMES ALLYN DUENSINGLieutenant · January 30, 1973
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.