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ALAN DAVID GARDNER
Major · U.S. Army
March 3, 1939 – June 27, 1970
Service recordAlan David Gardner, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hematologist (3132)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 98
- JERRY MICHAEL CAREYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLLISTERSpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- LANCE MICHAEL LOFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES WALTERSCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 99
From Lewisburg
- JOSEPH FRANCIS HUNTStaff Sergeant · July 27, 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.