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PHILLIP DEAN HARDY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1950 – June 11, 1969
Service recordPhillip Dean Hardy, of Mt Olive, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 21
- JACK LEONARD HAGERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE HICKSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MYLON RAY HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE WILL FARMER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 22
From Mt Olive
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.