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FRED MICHAEL GARDNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – August 3, 1967
Service recordFred Michael Gardner, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 72
- ZANE AUBRY CARTERTechnical Sergeant · August 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN GOPPCorporal · August 3, 1967
- ARTHUR HAYWOOD GREENCaptain · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEYSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 70
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.