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RICHARD GEORGE GARDNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1946 – April 24, 1970
Service recordRichard George Gardner, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 45
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK GINNSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RUSSELL CASESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 43
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.