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WILLIE GARDNER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1950 – February 12, 1971
Service recordWillie Gardner JR, of Brent, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Brent, Alabama (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOHN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 12, 1971
- GARY WAYNE LARSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1971
- KENNETH ALLEN MEYERSergeant · February 12, 1971
- DAVID ALFRED MORANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
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.