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DAVID ALLEN KARDELL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 12, 1939 – May 9, 1965
Service recordDavid Allen Kardell, of Sonoma, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 9, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- June 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Sonoma, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 112
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- ROGER J MCALLISTER JRSergeant · May 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
From Sonoma
- THEODORE GLEN FELANDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1961
- JOHN NEWTON BREWERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- REGINALD VICTOR MAISEY JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · March 31, 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.