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LARRY WAYNE GARDNER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1946 – January 21, 1967
Service recordLarry Wayne Gardner, of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Ridgway, Pennsylvania (Elk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 62
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- HERBERT ERNEST FRENZELLPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- EUGENE THOMAS GLOWACKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
From Ridgway
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- JEROME EDWARD BOWERS JRCorporal · April 18, 1970
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.