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ROBERT FREDRICK GARTNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – August 27, 1971
Service recordRobert Fredrick Gartner, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 3
- JOHN PAUL HOFFMANSergeant · August 26, 1971
- CURTIS CHARLES KASTLERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- RODOLFO VALDEZSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
From Eden Prairie
- JONATHON LEE GENSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- DOUGLAS STANLEY DRESSENSergeant · July 18, 1969
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.