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JOE CANDELARIA R CARDENAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJoe Candelaria R Cardenas, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- 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
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 51
- ADOLFO MARTINEZ BEJARANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD CARROLLWarrant Officer 1 · October 12, 1968
- GARY MORTEN CULBERTSONSergeant · October 12, 1968
- DANIEL ROBERT DYEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY MORTEN CULBERTSONSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 51
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 52
- DREW FIEDLERSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 52
- WALTER EDWARD GOLEMBIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 52
- JUAN JOSE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 53
- ROBERT HUERTA SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 54
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.