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JAMES EDWARDS GARDNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1941 – October 13, 1966
Service recordJames Edwards Gardner, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Civil Affairs Officer (G5, S5) (78105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 71
- DENNIS DAY HARRISSergeant · October 13, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE JARRELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- EUGENE THOMAS MEADOWSCaptain · October 13, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 71
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
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.