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RAYMOND HOWARD HARDIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1936 – July 31, 1969
Service recordRaymond Howard Hardin, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 22, 1936
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 80
- THOMAS LEE FULLERCorporal · July 31, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN HOFFMANCorporal · July 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES KARASCorporal · July 31, 1969
- PAUL DAVID MCKNIGHTSergeant · July 31, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.