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ROBERT WAYNE GARDNER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – April 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Wayne Gardner, of Wheaton, Maryland, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 58
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 58
- ROY VIRGIL GRAYCaptain · April 27, 1970
- HAROLD GLENN GRISSOMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- DELBERT EUGENE HALLSergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD HILLCaptain · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOSEPH MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 59
- GEORGE WILLIAM TOMSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 61
From Wheaton
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- DAVID MELDRUM HARTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE WEISMANSergeant · April 28, 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.