The Wall › Panel 16E › Minnesota › Manuel Cardenas II
MANUEL CARDENAS II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1945 – March 8, 1967
Service recordManuel Cardenas II, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 39
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 39
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- CARROLL OWEN CRAIN JRCommander · March 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- WILBERT JAMES GRESHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 40
- CHARLES RAY MOUDRYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT LOUIS SMITHCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 42
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.