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ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1935 – August 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Homer Hardenbrook, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 61
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 61
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KLAGESFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- JOHN LARRY LAVISHCaptain · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MATHISPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAMICOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.