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JAMES MELVIN CARDWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – April 20, 1971
Service recordJames Melvin Cardwell, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 135
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 135
- GEORGE JEFFERSON VANGUNDYCorporal · April 19, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR WALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
- ALBERT FRANK COASTLieutenant Colonel · April 20, 1971
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 135
- JOSEPH LINDSEY HALLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 136
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
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.