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MARION LORA GARDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMarion Lora Gardner, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 99
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 99
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · May 13, 1969
- MOULTON LAMAR FREEMANCaptain · May 13, 1969
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 13, 1969
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 101
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 102
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 107
- RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 110
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.