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ROBERT CHARLES GARDNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – August 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Gardner, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 25
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DUPREYCorporal · August 16, 1968
- JOHN ALOIS GERDESMEIERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- LEWIS CLARENCE GILLSCorporal · August 16, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.