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WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1940 – August 2, 1966
Service recordWilliam Hugh Gardner JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 97
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 102
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- MALCOLM CARLIS SMITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
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.