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RICHARD ALLEN HARDIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1948 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Hardin, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 60
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 60
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JEFFREY REX HUGHESSergeant · May 20, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.