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ROBERT EUGENE GARDNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1942 – April 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Gardner, of Sylacauga, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Sylacauga, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 49
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 51
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Sylacauga
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- PERRY OWEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
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.