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ARNOLDO J CARDENAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – June 30, 1966
Service recordArnoldo J Cardenas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 111
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 111
- DAVID ALLEN FERRAROPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.