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LAWRENCE LEE GARDNER
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1947 – October 25, 1967
Service recordLawrence Lee Gardner, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 25, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 66
- JOHN BEN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- GORDON J GRAHAMPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- MORRIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.