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STEPHEN MARK GARDNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1948 – June 28, 1968
Service recordStephen Mark Gardner, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 10
- CHARLES EDWARD DUNCANCorporal · June 28, 1968
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.