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ROCKNE LAMAR HARDWICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – December 21, 1968
Service recordRockne Lamar Hardwick, of Sweeny, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 56
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Sweeny, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 56
- JOSEPH PHILIP CASTAGNASergeant · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DREWICZStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CARL GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
From Sweeny
- FRANK LEVI SWINFORD IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.