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DANIEL CARDENAS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1949 – August 18, 1968
Service recordDaniel Cardenas JR, of Fullerton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 38
- WILLARD GORDON BELLOMYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BIENEMANPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.