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HENRY WATERS CARDWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1949 – April 23, 1969
Service recordHenry Waters Cardwell, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 30
- ALLAN VAUGHN BARRFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1969
- JULIAN WINSLOW BERGSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 29
- JULIAN DEAN DEDMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 31
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 34
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 35
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 36
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
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.