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DAVID CHARLES CARDINAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Charles Cardinal, of Hyde Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 30
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN BRINKMAN IIICaptain · April 1, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LESLIE ALLEN DEVERS JRLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 36
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 36
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 37
- RONALD EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 37
From Hyde Park
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- FREDERICK EUGENE TRANI JRLieutenant · September 26, 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.