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DANIEL ELI GARDNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordDaniel Eli Gardner, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 74
- HENRY R GARCIAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE DIRITACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- ALBERT EUGENE DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 72
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 73
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JIM LAWRENCE HARNDENCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 75
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 76
- SAMUEL JEROME SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 78
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.