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CHRIS B CORDOVA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1950 – May 11, 1971
Service recordChris B Cordova, of Mosquero, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 31
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Mosquero, New Mexico (Harding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 31
- HENRY LINCOLN WATTS SRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- MICKEY LOUIS WILSONSpecialist Five · May 10, 1971
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 31
- NATHAN LARRY LEESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 33
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.