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ROY WILLIAM GARDINER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – April 18, 1970
Service recordRoy William Gardiner, of Vernal, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Vernal, Utah (Uintah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 21
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM ALBERT EATONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM H HAAKINSON IIISergeant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM S MONAHAN IIILance Corporal · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LELAND CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 20
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 21
From Vernal
- RICHARD AUGUST HEINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · May 4, 1970
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.