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OSCAR HARDISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – January 4, 1968
Service recordOscar Hardison, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 37
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT CAUFIELD HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- BILLY GENE JENTCorporal · January 4, 1968
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
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.