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CHARLES LINWOOD CORDLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1943 – February 17, 1970
Service recordCharles Linwood Cordle, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 22
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE BLACKFOXPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
- KARL EUGENE BROWNSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- JACK LEE DRYESpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- SAMUEL JAMES JRSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND MAYSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 24
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.