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TOMMY HARDWICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1948 – May 23, 1968
Service recordTommy Hardwick, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 10
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 10
- EARL J GUILLORYSergeant · May 23, 1968
- HAROLD RICHARD HAYDENSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- GLEN OLIVER LANEMaster Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JAMES M LEVINGSSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.