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KEVIN BARRY HARDIMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1949 – December 29, 1967
Service recordKevin Barry Hardiman, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 93
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- DONALD ELLIS FISHERColonel · December 29, 1967
- PAUL LEONARD FOSTERSenior Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN GRAHAMCorporal · December 29, 1967
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.