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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Robert Hardee.

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JOSEPH ROBERT HARDEE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 18, 1946 – February 6, 1970

Service record

Joseph Robert Hardee, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 107

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Military Police (95B)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
Born
October 18, 1946
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 6, 1970
Age
23
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 107

From Los Angeles

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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.