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CRECENCIO CARDOSA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1937 – April 10, 1968
Service recordCrecencio Cardosa, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 31, 1937
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE CALHOONSergeant Major · April 10, 1968
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 8
- GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALLCaptain · Panel 49E, Line 10
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETTSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 14
- CHARLES EARL WILCOX JRSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 17
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.