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JAMES LEE GARDNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1945 – February 2, 1966
Service recordJames Lee Gardner, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 133
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 133
- DAVID ACEL FAIRCHILDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 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.