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GLENN VIRGIL GARDNER
Private · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 25, 1966
Service recordGlenn Virgil Gardner, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 116
- RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSONSergeant · November 24, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD WEINBERGPrivate · November 24, 1966
- JESSE GUERREROSpecialist Four · November 25, 1966
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.