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FRANK MAYNARD GARDNER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1923 – October 26, 1966
Service recordFrank Maynard Gardner, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Distribution (6702)
- Born
- September 12, 1923
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 109
- WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTERCaptain · October 26, 1966
- JOHN FREDRICK FRANCISLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM G MCWILLIAMS IIILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.