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WILLIAM KIRBY GARDELLA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – June 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Kirby Gardella, of Somerset, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Somerset, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 61
- LUIS FELIPE CORREACorporal · June 25, 1967
- HUBERT ELTON GORDONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- WAYNE VICTOR GORDONSergeant · June 25, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD GROFFSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
From Somerset
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
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.