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JOHNNIE WAYNE CARDWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1945 – December 2, 1966
Service recordJohnnie Wayne Cardwell, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Blackwell, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
From Blackwell
- GARY MAX WELCHLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- RODNEY PHILLIP TROYERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- CLARENCE LEON ROUSESergeant · March 11, 1969
- DENNIS IRVIN DAYSergeant · November 3, 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.