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JOHN ANDREW CARDOT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1928 – August 11, 1966
Service recordJohn Andrew Cardot, of Rochester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 126
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RICHARD WESLEY WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 127
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 128
- STEPHEN LEE WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 128
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 129
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.