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GARDNER JOHN BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – August 26, 1969
Service recordGardner John Brown, of Union, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Union, Maine (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 117
- GUY ANDRE BLANCHETTESergeant · August 26, 1969
- DON CHARLES BROWNCorporal · August 26, 1969
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 118
- GUY MARCEL INKELSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 120
From Union
- JOHN ROGER GODERREPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.