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EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – March 7, 1968
Service recordEdward Richard Cordeau, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 42
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 42
- CARMINE CASILLOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- CALDWELL M CAUTHEN JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD CONSAVAGEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- LESLIE COOKLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK LARRY ALLUMSCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 40
- HAROLD GEORGE BEANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 40
- RICHARD DUNCAN BAHRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 41
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 41
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · Panel 43E, Line 43
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 44
- THEODORE THOMAS LEOPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 46
- BEN MCCOULLOUGH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 47
- JAMES GARY RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 48
- DONALD WAYNE TISDALECorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- HARRY KENNETH VAUGHANCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- LEWIS BRACY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
- EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
From Winthrop
- PAUL FRANK BRUGMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL IIIStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1971
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.