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GERALD LEE GARDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1949 – February 2, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee Gardner, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 93
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- 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 February 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 93
- TERRY ADAM BRYSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD DIAMONDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- WILLIAM ELLYN FOLLONSergeant · February 2, 1970
- JOHN DAVID GUILLENCorporal · February 2, 1970
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.