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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ernest Daniel Cardwell.

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ERNEST DANIEL CARDWELL

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

November 29, 1949 – October 16, 1970

Service record

Ernest Daniel Cardwell, of Concord, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6W · Line 3

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
November 29, 1949
Home of record
Concord, Virginia (Campbell County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 16, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.