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JOHN BARELAS CORDOVA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1932 – December 9, 1965
Service recordJohn Barelas Cordova, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN BORSCHELLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- RONALD LEE KOEHLERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.