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SAMUEL RAY GARDNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordSamuel Ray Gardner, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 12
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FRED GLEASONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 13
- STEPHEN M LASHINSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 22
- GORDON LEE TERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.