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JAMES MARION KARDOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1949 – September 4, 1969
Service recordJames Marion Kardos, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 33
- WALTER EUGENE HUTCHINSONSergeant · September 4, 1969
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- FELIX DELANO KNUTSONSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THEODORE THIELGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 35
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
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.