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DAVID EIDNES GAARDER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1944 – January 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Eidnes Gaarder, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 47
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 47
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 48
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 48
From Shaker Heights
- ROBERT ALFRED VINTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 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.