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GARDNER DORSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1951 – January 2, 1970
Service recordGardner Dorsey, of Crownsville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Crownsville, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 118
- FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1970
- HARRY EARL FARMERLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WAYNE FELLERSSergeant · January 2, 1970
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
From Crownsville
- RUSSELL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · October 22, 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.