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WILLIAM HIXSON HARDWICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1946 – November 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Hixson Hardwick, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 115
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
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 115
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · November 24, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCOYLance Corporal · November 24, 1966
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.