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GABRIEL CARDONA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – December 4, 1968
Service recordGabriel Cardona JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 38
- ROBERT CLOKESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- FREEMON EVANSSergeant · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT PHILIP FISCHERCorporal · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CROW BLAIR WILLIAM TWOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
- STEVE EDWARD WERTZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 43
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.