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LEROY ROBERT CARDENAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – June 4, 1969
Service recordLeroy Robert Cardenas, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 62
- PACHECO JOSE A CALDERONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- ANTHONY LORIN CAMPCorporal · June 4, 1969
- MAX FRANCIS DESULLY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES KOEHLERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONNEY DELANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 63
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.