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TERRY NEIL HARDIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – January 21, 1969
Service recordTerry Neil Hardig, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 49
- GERALD LLOYD HABECKERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- RUSSEL HOWARD HEWIT JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- HENRY EMIL HOLDER JRSergeant · January 21, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH KREKELBERGSeaman · January 21, 1969
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.