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BOBBY RAY GARDNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1946 – August 8, 1967
Service recordBobby Ray Gardner, of Ahoskie, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 90
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Ahoskie, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 90
- JAMES DONALD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- EARL KENT EICHBAUERCorporal · August 8, 1967
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JOHN LEE MORELANDLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL KENT EICHBAUERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 90
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 91
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 92
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
From Ahoskie
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- HARVEY LEDREW LEWISStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- ROY ROGERS WESTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- HERBERT GORDAN TAYLORCorporal · September 27, 1968
- STEVEN DALE PERRYSergeant · October 6, 1968
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.