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WILLIE CHARLES HARDY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1949 – September 17, 1968
Service recordWillie Charles Hardy, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 15
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- RAY ALLEN HAYESSergeant · September 17, 1968
- TRISTAN WHITNEY HAYESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 15
- GEORGE LEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 17
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 22
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.