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ALEN LOUIS GARDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – April 22, 1967
Service recordAlen Louis Gardner, of Elmira, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 69
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MARSHALL HOWARD ISBELLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 71
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 73
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
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.