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JAMES BARRY GARD
Private · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJames Barry Gard, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 6
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · May 6, 1968
- SANFORD RENE GABORIAULTStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT JACOB GARRIDOAirman First Class · May 6, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.