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MARK JEFFREY GARDELLA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – March 20, 1966
Service recordMark Jeffrey Gardella, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES BEACHCaptain · March 20, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- GEORGE HITZELBERGERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- TOMMIE LOUIS MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE CANNONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 24
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 25
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT ELVIS STALLINGSPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.