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ROBERT LINLEY GARDNER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 22, 1927 – July 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Linley Gardner, of Findlay, Ohio, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 22, 1927
- Home of record
- Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 35
- PAUL JAMES GORMANPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- JOHN W JACOBSON SRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1968
- THOMAS ORTEGA JIMENEZ JRLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- ROBERT QUINNPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Findlay
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EMERSON PAUL COLESergeant · March 28, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · July 19, 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.