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JAMES DALE GARDNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – June 21, 1970
Service recordJames Dale Gardner, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 76
- ERNEST LEROY GARNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN LADAGESpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
- JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1970
- STEPHEN JAY W SMITHSergeant · June 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALLEN LADAGESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 76
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 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.