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BRUCE LEE CARDY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 15, 1942 – October 6, 1969
Service recordBruce Lee Cardy, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 44
- LARRY GENE BURKHOLDERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT VINNEDGESpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- IRVIN LESTER BOWER JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1969
- JAMES LOA BUSENPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.