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WILHIMON GARDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – August 26, 1969
Service recordWilhimon Gardner, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 118
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIGSergeant · August 26, 1969
- RICHARD EDGAR GENESTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GORVETCorporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DON CHARLES BROWNCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 117
- GEORGE EDWARD HENRYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 119
- JAMES DANIEL RAYCHELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 121
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.