Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
Unit: Troop A, 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 16-Mar-1943
Enlisted: Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio
Enlisted by: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 3-Dec-1922
Hometown: Coshecton County, Ohio
Marital status: Single, without dependents. Parents: Roy Allen Hardesty and Delpha [Ogle] Hardesty
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 9-Apr-1945
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Died of wounds received in action.
Location of fatality: Wunstorf, Germany
Place of interment: Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
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