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THOMAS DOUGLAS HARDY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1949 – October 22, 1968
Service recordThomas Douglas Hardy, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 19
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Pascagoula, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 19
- DAVID HERBERT FISHERSpecialist Five · October 22, 1968
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · October 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT GURULESpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
From Pascagoula
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · March 30, 1966
- EUGENE JEHLEN MAJUREFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1966
- GEORGE CURTIS SIGALASLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- HERMAN PAUL MAGEEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- GEORGE DOUGLAS HOWARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JOHN ELMORE WELLSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 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.