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OSCAR CORDOVA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1941 – January 24, 1969
Service recordOscar Cordova, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 70
- JAMES THOMAS GRAVLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1969
- SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLDWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT JORDANSergeant · January 24, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 71
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.