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Medal of Honor Presented to Widow of Viet Hero
Army Lt. James A. Gardner of Dyersburg Tennessee posthumously received the Medal of Honor in ceremonies at the Pentagon. Gardner, a platoon leader in the 161st Airborne, was killed February 7, 1966, after destroying five enemy bunkers at May Can village, then remaining to knock out the last bunker despite mortal wounds. His widow Mrs Scella Gardner Rosler of Clarksville and his mother Mrs Lonnie Patterson of Dyersburg attended.
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